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  1. Developing a Sexual Harassment Policy for Sheldon Jackson College.

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    Craddick, Jan

    A practicum to determine the need for a sexual harassment policy and to develop an appropriate policy for Sheldon Jackson College, Alaska, is described. The objective of the practicum was to determine the impact of equal opportunity legislation, specifically as it relates to sexual harassment of students, on the private college campus. The…

  2. A Donor-Focused Fundraising Model: An Essential Tool in Community College Foundations' Toolkit

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    Carter, Linnie S.

    2011-01-01

    The increased focus on private fundraising poses challenges for community colleges (Jackson & Glass, 2000). A challenge is a lack of fundraising experience within community colleges and their foundations. There now exists a donor-focused fundraising model for community colleges to use to enhance their fundraising initiatives and increase the…

  3. Correlation of Gerkin, Queen's College, George, and Jackson methods in estimating maximal oxygen consumption.

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    Heydari, Payam; Varmazyar, Sakineh; Variani, Ali Safari; Hashemi, Fariba; Ataei, Seyed Sajad

    2017-10-01

    Test of maximal oxygen consumption is the gold standard for measuring cardio-pulmonary fitness. This study aimed to determine correlation of Gerkin, Queen's College, George, and Jackson methods in estimating maximal oxygen consumption, and demographic factors affecting maximal oxygen consumption. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in a census of medical emergency students (n=57) in Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in 2016. The subjects firstly completed the General Health Questionnaire (PAR-Q) and demographic characteristics. Then eligible subjects were assessed using exercise tests of Gerkin treadmill, Queen's College steps and non-exercise George, and Jackson. Data analysis was carried out using independent t-test, one way analysis of variance and Pearson correlation in the SPSS software. The mean age of participants was 21.69±4.99 years. The mean of maximal oxygen consumption using Gerkin, Queen's College, George, and Jackson tests was 4.17, 3.36, 3.64, 3.63 liters per minute, respectively. Pearson statistical test showed a significant correlation among fours tests. George and Jackson tests had the greatest correlation (r=0.85, p>0.001). Results of tests of one-way analysis of variance and t-test showed a significant relationship between independent variable of weight and height in four tests, and dependent variable of maximal oxygen consumption. Also, there was a significant relationship between variable of body mass index in two tests of Gerkin and Queen's College and variable of exercise hours per week with the George and Jackson tests (p>0.001). Given the obtained correlation, these tests have the potential to replace each other as necessary, so that the non-exercise Jackson test can be used instead of the Gerkin test.

  4. Live and Learn: More Community Colleges Are Offering Housing to Recruit and Retain Students.

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    Gilbert, Marsha

    2012-01-01

    Sheena Jackson, a high school student in Tampa, Florida, is part of a growing trend of young people who choose to go to community colleges with residential facilities as a bridge between living at home and getting an apartment or going to a four-year college. For some, community college is their first choice, and the two-year program fits their…

  5. Navajo Community College--The President's Report, 1979-80.

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    Jackson, Dean C.

    An overview of the Navajo Community College (NCC) is presented with a message from the president and facts pertaining to both the Tsaile and Shiprock campuses. NCC President Jackson states that the uniqueness of NCC lies primarily in the instructional area which promotes the use of educational concepts contained in the Navajo culture to reinforce…

  6. College Choice and Documented Chinese Immigrant Community College Students in Massachusetts

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    Luie, Siu Ming

    2010-01-01

    College-choice studies have long been conducted to help colleges improve their recruitment strategies (Chapman, 1981; Hossler & Gallagher, 1987; Jackson, 1982; Litten, 1982). The dominant college-choice models and studies have, however, focused solely on traditional aged students seeking to enroll in four-year colleges/universities upon high…

  7. A Study of Junior College Level Physics in German Speaking Europe.

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    Riggs, Roderick D.

    The purpose of this study was to analyze physics instruction in West Germany, Austria, and German-speaking Switzerland at levels comparable to junior colleges in the United States, and to compare this with the physics instruction offered at Jackson Community College (Jackson, Michigan). The investigator spent four months interviewing faculty and…

  8. Development of an Applied Fisheries Science Program for Native Alaskans at Sheldon Jackson College. Sixth Progress Report.

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    Seifert, Mel

    The sixth semi-annual report of the Sheldon Jackson College Aquaculture Program covers the period January 1 through June 30, 1977, and summarizes the last half of the second year of operation of the educational program and the entire year for the hatchery. The educational component of the program is described in terms of the academic program,…

  9. Barriers to prostate cancer prevention and community recommended health education strategies in an urban African American community in Jackson, Mississippi.

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    Ekúndayò, Olúgbémiga T; Tataw, David B

    2013-01-01

    This article describes the use of survey research in collaboration with the African American urban community of Georgetown, Jackson, Mississippi to identify and understand prostate cancer knowledge, resource utilization, and health education strategies considered most effective in reaching the community with prostate cancer prevention messages. The study revealed profound needs in disease identification and resources awareness and utilization. Barriers to utilization were identified by participants to include lack of self-efficacy, low self-esteem, lack of trust in the health care system, limited knowledge of prostate pathology, and limited ability to pay. Participants' recommended strategies for reaching the community with prostate cancer education include traditional and nontraditional strategies. The list of recommendations exclude modern-day outlets such as handheld devices, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, wikis, and other Internet-based outlets. The findings provide a road map for program development and an intervention research agenda custom-tailored to the Georgetown community of Jackson, Mississippi.

  10. UCLA Community College Bibliography: Women Community College Presidents

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    Liu, Amy

    2007-01-01

    This bibliography provides an overview of recent scholarship on female community college presidents. A significant and growing number of women are serving as community college presidents. Specifically, there has been an increase in women community college presidents from 11% in 1991 to nearly 28% in 2001. With more women holding presidencies at…

  11. The Jackson Career Explorer in Relation to the Career Directions Inventory

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    Schermer, Julie Aitken; MacDougall, Robyn

    2011-01-01

    The Jackson Career Explorer (JCE) is a short form and continuous version of the Jackson Vocational Interest Survey (JVIS). The 34 scales of the JCE were investigated in relation to the Career Directions Inventory (CDI). Participants (N = 282) aged 14-57 years were volunteers from local high schools and colleges and completed both measures. The…

  12. Nepotism and the Jackson County School Board

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    Heisler, William; Hanlin, Lesa

    2017-01-01

    In 2015, the superintendent of the Jackson County School District revised the existing nepotism policy, and, subsequently, his wife was hired to a newly created position of director of innovation at a salary nearly twice the average paid to teachers in the district. Because of community reaction, the Jackson County School Board met in special…

  13. Development of an Applied Fisheries Science Program for Native Alaskans at Sheldon Jackson College (Sitka, Alaska). Second Progress Report, 1 July 1975.

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    Poon, Derek

    Covering the period January 1 through June 30, 1975, this second semi-annual report on the Applied Fishery Science Program operative at Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska presents information regarding program progress and Alaska Native students involved in science education. Specifically, this report details: Planning and Coordination…

  14. Development of an Applied Fisheries Science Program for Native Alaskans at Sheldon Jackson College (Sitka, Alaska). Fourth Progress Report, 1 July 1976.

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    Seifert, Mel

    Covering the period January 1 through June 30, 1976, this fourth and final semi-annual report of the first two-year grant for the Applied Fishery Science Program operating at Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska presents the following information; Background (program objectives, advisory committee, and program staff); Program Progress…

  15. Development of an Applied Fisheries Science Program for Native Alaskans at Sheldon Jackson College (Sitka, Alaska). Third Progress Report, 1 January 1976.

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    Seifert, Mel

    Covering the period between July 1 to December 31, 1976, this third semi-annual report on the Applied Fishery Science Program operative at Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska deals primarily with the first quarter of hatchery and educational program operation. Specifically, this report addresses the following: Program Objectives; Advisory…

  16. Development of an Applied Fisheries Science Program for Native Alaskans at Sheldon Jackson College (Sitka, Alaska). Fifth Progress Report, 1 February 1977.

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    Seifert, Mel

    Summarizing the beginning of the second year of operation of the hatchery and educational program provided by the Applied Fisheries Science Program at Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska for Alaska Natives and non-Native groups interested in salmon ranching, this fifth semi-annual report covers the period July 1 through December 31, 1976 and…

  17. Questioning the Community College Role. New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 32.

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    Vaughan, George B., Ed.

    1980-01-01

    These nine articles question the community college's fulfillment of its educational and social roles. George Vaughan summarizes the writings of prominent critics of the community college and suggests that two-year college educators analyze and profit from their criticisms. Burton Clark reconsiders the community college's "cooling out" function and…

  18. Community Colleges Online

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    Crawford, Corinne; Persaud, Colin

    2013-01-01

    Presently, community colleges are bursting at the seams. In 2011, community colleges turned away more than 400,000 prospective students. In the next six years, 63 percent of all U.S. jobs will require postsecondary education. Twenty two million new workers with postsecondary degrees will be needed by 2018. Community colleges are turning…

  19. The Entrepreneurial Community College: Bringing Workforce, Economic and Community Development to Virginia Community Colleges.

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    Drury, Richard L.

    2001-01-01

    Proposes creating an entrepreneurial college within the community college that will offer non-credit courses to the community and workforce. States that the courses would focus on the training needs of community industry, with the employer as the customer, rather than the student. Adds that the proposed college would also focus on community…

  20. Community College Presidents' Understanding of Spirituality as Part of a Community College Institution

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    Beemer, Angela Rice

    2013-01-01

    This study explored how community college presidents understood spirituality as part of a community college institution. Using a purposive criterion sample, five community college presidents were interviewed in the natural setting of their individual colleges. The interviews took place over a thirteen month period of time. A phenomenological…

  1. Jackson, Todd, and the concept of "discharge" in epilepsy.

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    Reynolds, Edward H

    2007-11-01

    To explore the historical origins of the modern concept of electrical discharges in the brain in epilepsy. I have examined the writings of Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911) and Robert Bentley Todd (1809-1860), especially their Lumleian Lectures on convulsive disorders to the Royal College of Physicians of 1890 and 1849, respectively; and also the influence of Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) on the former and Michael Faraday (1791-1867) on the latter. Contrary to the widely taught view that Jackson was the first to propose electrical discharges in epilepsy it is clear that the discharges suggested by Jackson, influenced by the evolutionary philosopher, Herbert Spencer, were chemical, based on katabolism and anabolism. Jackson had no understanding or proposal based on physics or electricity. On the other hand, Todd had earlier proposed and described electrical concepts of discharges in epilepsy, influenced by his contemporary and colleague in London, Michael Faraday, who at the time was laying the foundations of our modern understanding of electricity and magnetism. Todd and Faraday saw "nervous polarity" as another polar force interchangeable with the polar forces of electricity and magnetism.

  2. Community College Finance Resource Development. UCLA Community College Bibliography

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    Carducci, Rozana

    2006-01-01

    The references in this bibliography provide an overview of recent scholarship on community college finance and resource development. In addition to documents that present a national portrait and comparative analysis of community college funding models and resource management practices, this bibliography also includes recent publications that…

  3. Community College Image--By Hollywood

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    Tucciarone, Krista M.

    2007-01-01

    This qualitative study analyzes how the most recent community college film, Evolution (2001) depicts and portrays the image of a community college as interpreted by attending community college students. Previous community college research suggests that college choice, enrollment, and funding may be affected by perceived image. Image is greatly…

  4. Positioning the Community College for Community Leadership.

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    Boone, Edgar J.; Vaughan, George B.

    1993-01-01

    The Academy for Community College Leadership Advancement, Innovation, and Modeling (ACCLAIM) at North Carolina State University is working with state community college systems in Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia to develop and implement a process that positions the community college to play a major role in resolving community…

  5. A Study of Service-Learning at Virginia Highlands Community College and Mountain Empire Community College.

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    Hughes, Alice

    This qualitative study was conducted to explore student perceptions of service learning as well as the importance of service learning to community college students. Data were collected through interviews with 24 community college participants from Virginia Highlands Community College and Mountain Empire Community College, both in southwest…

  6. Community College-Community Relationships and Civic Accountability.

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    Gillet-Karam, Rosemary

    1996-01-01

    Provides a review of issues involved in interactions between community colleges and their communities, discussing community-based education and services, strategic planning, and community-based programming. Presents examples of current college-community collaborations to illustrate civic accountability. Suggests that these collaborations place…

  7. Defining Community College Achievements.

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    Cohen, Arthur M.

    In 1989, the Center for the Study of Community Colleges received a grant from the Ford Foundation to assist community colleges in defining their transfer rates and collecting data to support those definitions. The Center invited 240 community colleges with at least a 20% minority enrollment to participate in a Transfer Assembly. Interested…

  8. Tulsa Community College, Exploring America's Communities. Progress Report.

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    Tulsa Community Coll., OK.

    In 1996, Oklahoma's Tulsa Community College (TCC) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which works to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. TCC's primary goals were to promote professional development, to…

  9. Nunez Community College, Exploring America's Communities. Progress Report.

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    Nunez Community Coll., Chalmette, LA.

    In 1996, Louisiana's Nunez Community College (NCC) participated in the Exploring America's Communities project sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges. The project works to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. NCC's primary goal was centered on providing…

  10. Learning Community and Nonlearning Community Students in a Midwestern Community College

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    Laanan, Frankie Santos; Jackson, Dimitra Lynette; Stebleton, Michael J.

    2013-01-01

    The research on learning communities has focused primarily on students at four-year colleges and universities. There is a dearth of studies that examine learning communities in community colleges. The purpose of this comparative study was to conduct an analysis of learning community and nonlearning community students in a community college located…

  11. Community College Partnership.

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    Black, Marjorie

    Community colleges must assume a proactive leadership role to develop strategies that establish and maintain partnerships with business and other community organizations. San Juan College (SJC) has forged partnerships with a variety of local organizations, including governmental, civic, business, educational, medical, and cultural groups.…

  12. Arizona Community Colleges: Report of the Task Force on Community College Enrollment Growth Planning.

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    Arizona State Board of Directors for Community Colleges, Phoenix.

    The Task Force on Enrollment Growth Planning (TFEGP), authorized in 1992 by the State Board of Directors for Community Colleges (SBDCC) of Arizona, includes representatives from each community college as well as staff from SBDCC office. The Task Force was created to prepare enrollment growth estimates for community colleges through the year 2010;…

  13. Free Community College and Merit Scholarships

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    Buchanan, Lori Elliott; Wilson, Kristin Bailey

    2017-01-01

    This chapter addresses the impact of free community college and state merit scholarships on college-going patterns of high school graduates, community college revenue contexts, and student access and completion at community colleges.

  14. Community College Online

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    Fishman, Rachel

    2015-01-01

    This report explores the demographics of community college students and how they compare to those in other sectors of higher education. Next, it reviews the common reasons undergraduate students stop their studies or drop out. The report then examines technology-enhanced education in community colleges and presents several case studies showing how…

  15. Assessment of habitat of wildlife communities on the Snake River, Jackson, Wyoming

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    Schroeder, Richard L.; Allen, Arthur W.

    1992-01-01

    The composition of the wildlife community in western riparian habitats is influenced by the horizontal and vertical distribution of vegetation, the physical complexity of the channel, and barriers to movement along the corridor. Based on information from the literature and a workshop, a model was developed to evaluate the wildlife community along the Snake River near Jackson, Wyoming. The model compares conditions of the current or future years with conditions in 1956, before constructions of levees along the river. Conditions in 1956 are assumed to approximate the desirable distribution of plant cover types and the associated wildlife community and are used as a standard of comparison in the model. The model may be applied with remotely sensed data and is compatible with a geographic information systems analysis. In addition to comparing existing or future conditions with conditions in 1956, the model evaluated floodplain and channel complexity and assesses anthropogenic disturbance and its potential effect on the quality of wildlife habitat and movements of wildlife in the riparian corridor.

  16. Preparing Rural Community College Professionals

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    Williams, Mitchell R.; Pennington, Kevin L.; Couch, Gene; Dougherty, Michael A.

    2007-01-01

    A limited number of universities offer graduate programs that focus specifically on preparing rural community college leaders. At the same time, community colleges are facing projections of unprecedented turnover in both administrative and instructional leadership. The rural community college is a unique educational institution which faces…

  17. Recreating America's Community Colleges: Critical Policy Issues Facing America's Community Colleges

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    Honeyman, David S.; Sullivan, Michael D.

    2006-01-01

    During the conduct of the 2004 Community Colleges Futures Assembly, sponsored by the University of Florida, delegates to the meeting identified three critical policy issues facing America's community colleges and challenged the delegates attending the 2005 Assembly to debate these issues and make recommendations. A total of 252 higher-education…

  18. Community Colleges Today

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    Crawford, Corinne; Jervis, Angela

    2011-01-01

    Dr. Jill Biden, Vice President Joe Biden's wife, has been teaching in community colleges for the past 18 years. Dr. Biden believes that community colleges are "…uniquely American institutions where anyone who walks through the door is one step closer to realizing the American dream." This is an inspiring sentiment. However, of all the…

  19. Condition of Iowa Community Colleges, 2005

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    Iowa Department of Education, 2006

    2006-01-01

    Iowa's 15 Community Colleges offer thousands of credit and non-credit courses. The 2005 "Condition of Iowa Community Colleges" report will review Iowa Community College programs and related services. The report is supported by Management Information System (MIS) data, as reported by Iowa Community Colleges to the Iowa Department of…

  20. Wyoming Community College Commission Annual Report, 2010

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    Wyoming Community College Commission, 2010

    2010-01-01

    The Wyoming Community College Commission (WCCC) serves the system of Wyoming's seven community colleges. Wyoming's seven community colleges provide affordable, accessible and lifelong education. The Wyoming Community College Commission supports the colleges through advocacy, coordination and collaboration. In partnership with the colleges, the…

  1. Bossier Parish Community College and Delgado Community College Collaborative Pharmacy Technician Program Distance Education Initiative.

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    Bossier Parish Community Coll., Bossier City, LA.

    Two Louisiana community colleges--Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC) and Delgado Community College (DCC)--proposed, developed, and implemented a collaborative Pharmacy Technician program for delivery through the use of two-way interactive video. The new program was inspired by new certification requirements instituted by the state of…

  2. Austin Community College Benchmarking Update.

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    Austin Community Coll., TX. Office of Institutional Effectiveness.

    Austin Community College contracted with MGT of America, Inc. in spring 1999 to develop a peer and benchmark (best) practices analysis on key indicators. These indicators were updated in spring 2002 using data from eight Texas community colleges and four non-Texas institutions that represent large, comprehensive, urban community colleges, similar…

  3. Community Colleges in Higher Education: The Role of Community Colleges in Serving the Underserved Student

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    Freeman, Jerrid P.

    2007-01-01

    The changing economy is increasing the significance of community colleges. While community colleges have served an important role in higher education, their importance and value to individuals and society is at an all time high. While community college characteristics have made these institutions attractive, the underserved population and the…

  4. Can Community Colleges Offer Opportunity and Excellence?

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    Anderson, Robert A.; And Others

    1985-01-01

    Four community college presidents (i.e., Robert A. Anderson, New Mexico Junior College; Flora Mancuso Edwards, Hostos Community College (NY); D. Kent Sharples, Horry-Georgetown Technical College (SC); and George B. Vaughan, Piedmont Virginia Community College) offer explanations of how community colleges can maintain open-door admissions, provide…

  5. Community College a Research Puzzle

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    Viadero, Debra

    2009-01-01

    When President Barack Obama unveiled his plans this summer for a $12 billion federal investment in the nation's community colleges, he said he wanted the initiative to yield an additional 5 million community college graduates by 2020. Research suggests that reaching that goal may be a tall order. Community colleges have abysmal graduation rates:…

  6. The People's College & the Street People: Community Colleges & Community Development (Part One of Two).

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    O'Banion, Terry; Gillett-Karam, Rosemary

    1996-01-01

    Argues that, despite the provision of community-based educational services, community colleges do not play a key role in social change in their communities. Reviews the history of community development in the colleges, suggesting that original goals were designed to be noncontroversial. Discusses increasing foundation support to address community…

  7. Wyoming Community College Commission Statewide Strategic Plan: Planning for the Future of Wyoming's Community Colleges

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    Richards, Amanda; Sipes, Laurel; Studier, Carol; Staklis, Sandra; Farr, Beverly; Horn, Laura

    2010-01-01

    With the national spotlight on community colleges, Wyoming is poised to become a leader through its efforts to align the programs of its seven community colleges with defined state interests. As local economies become more globally focused and knowledge-based, community colleges are a critical way for learners to gain access to postsecondary…

  8. Wyoming Community College Commission Statewide Strategic Plan: Planning for the Future of Wyoming's Community Colleges

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    Richards, Amanda; Sipes, Laurel; Studier, Carol; Staklis, Sandra; Farr, Beverly; Horn, Laura J.

    2009-01-01

    With the national spotlight on community colleges, Wyoming is poised to become a leader through its efforts to align the programs of its seven community colleges with defined state interests. As local economies become more globally focused and knowledge-based, community colleges are a critical way for learners to gain access to postsecondary…

  9. The Effect of Learning Communities on Achievement in STEM Fields for African Americans across Four Campuses

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    Taylor, Orlando L.; McGowan, Jill; Alston, Sharon T.

    2008-01-01

    Four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Howard University, Jackson State University, Talladega College, and Xavier University of Louisiana, participated in a project titled, Learning Communities for STEM Academic Achievement (LCSAA), whose goal was to increase the participation of African American students in the fields of…

  10. Roderick Jackson | NREL

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    Laboratory (ORNL), where he was the group manager for Building Envelope Systems Research. One of Jackson's Manufacturing Integrated Energy (AMIE) demonstration project at ORNL. With Jackson's leadership, AMIE brought

  11. Colleges and Communities: Increasing Local Capacity.

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    Baldwin, Fred D.

    2001-01-01

    Community colleges in Appalachia are helping boost local economies and expand educational opportunities through the national Rural Community College Initiative (RCCI). At the heart of RCCI is a nine-step strategic planning process in which a community group moves from vision to action. Kentucky's Southeast Community College has promoted…

  12. Strategic Management in the Community College. New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 44.

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    Myran, Gunder A., Ed.

    1983-01-01

    Articles in this sourcebook discuss six strategic areas of community college management: external relations, internal communication and working relationships, financial resources development and allocation, program and service development, staff development, and strategic planning. First, "Strategic Management in the Community College,"…

  13. The Role of the Community College President in Fundraising: Perceptions of Selected Michigan Community College Presidents

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    Miller, Matthew W.

    2013-01-01

    This multiple case study examines the role of the community college president in fundraising as perceived by selected Michigan community college presidents. Over the past few decades, fundraising from private sources has become increasingly important in the fiscal landscape of community colleges. Pfeffer and Salancik's (1978) work in resource…

  14. Building Collaborative Health Promotion Partnerships: The Jackson Heart Study.

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    Addison, Clifton C; Campbell Jenkins, Brenda W; Odom, Darcel; Fortenberry, Marty; Wilson, Gregory; Young, Lavon; Antoine-LaVigne, Donna

    2015-12-22

    Building Collaborative Health Promotion Partnerships: The Jackson Heart Study. Building a collaborative health promotion partnership that effectively employs principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR) involves many dimensions. To ensure that changes would be long-lasting, it is imperative that partnerships be configured to include groups of diverse community representatives who can develop a vision for long-term change. This project sought to enumerate processes used by the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) Community Outreach Center (CORC) to create strong, viable partnerships that produce lasting change. JHS CORC joined with community representatives to initiate programs that evolved into comprehensive strategies for addressing health disparities and the high prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). This collaboration was made possible by first promoting an understanding of the need for combined effort, the desire to interact with other community partners, and the vision to establish an effective governance structure. The partnership between JHS CORC and the community has empowered and inspired community members to provide leadership to other health promotion projects. Academic institutions must reach out to local community groups and together address local health issues that affect the community. When a community understands the need for change to respond to negative health conditions, formalizing this type of collaboration is a step in the right direction.

  15. Environmental Scanning, Vancouver Community College.

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    Yao, Min

    This 1994 environmental scanning report from Vancouver Community College (VCC) reviews the expected effects of the separation of VCC into a new Vancouver Community College and Langara College (LC). The report examines the projected service area student-intake capacity; student characteristics; population growth trends; other postsecondary…

  16. The Entrepreneurial Community College

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    Roueche, John E., Ed.; Jones, Barbara R., Ed.

    2005-01-01

    Environmental factors currently affecting today's community colleges either will cause irreparable damage to their fiscal health and organizational structure or contribute to their rebirth--transforming systems and processes to meet current and future challenges successfully. Community colleges are facing challenges on many levels: (1) In 2003,…

  17. UCLA Community College Bibliography

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    Liu, Amy

    2007-01-01

    The references provided here give an overview of recent scholarship concerning students, faculty, and curriculum at urban community colleges. Organizational and institutional studies of urban community colleges are also included in this bibliography. The research in this article addresses important issues of student retention, faculty turnover,…

  18. Reinventing the Community College.

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    Johnson, Dennis L.

    1990-01-01

    Profiles the community college of the year 2000. Considers marketing complementary to community colleges' success. Addresses the following marketing issues: student as product; time, location, and circumstances of learning; costs; and promotion. In light of changes in the educational marketplace and needs, suggests ways of reinventing community…

  19. University-Based Community College Leadership Programs: Where Future Community College Leaders Are Prepared

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    Friedel, Janice Nahra

    2010-01-01

    Community college leadership programs may take a variety of forms, among them university-based programs, leadership institutes, community college-based "grow your own" programs, professional organization-based institutes, or a combination of these. University-based doctorate leadership programs are the principal providers of these…

  20. Preparing and Developing Community College International Leaders

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    Raby, Rosalind Latiner; Valeau, Edward J.

    2016-01-01

    Leadership training for future senior United States (US) community college leaders is an ongoing focus of US community college education. Leadership training is also a focus of US university international educators. Community college literature has assumed that full-time positions at community colleges devoted to overseeing and implementing…

  1. Agreement between Luzerne County Community College and Luzerne County Community College Association of Higher Education.

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    Luzerne County Community Coll., Nanticoke, PA.

    This agreement between the Luzerne County Community College and the Luzerne County Community College Association of Higher Education covers the 1973-74 year. The agreement includes the collective bargaining agreement, definitions, recognition, fair practices, conference, maintenance of membership, check-off, grievance procedure, rights of college,…

  2. J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Narrative Report: Urban Community College Transfer Opportunities Program.

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    J. Sargeant Reynolds Community Coll., Richmond, VA.

    An overview is provided of the activities and accomplishments of J. Sargeant Reynold Community College's (JSRCC) Urban Community Colleges Transfer Opportunities Program, which was designed to increase the number of minority students transferring to senior institutions. Introductory material highlights the means used to attain the program's…

  3. Transfer from California Community Colleges.

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    Cohen, Arthur M.

    This article focuses on the transfer of students from California community colleges to four-year colleges and universities. Following a brief introduction to laws and procedures specified upon the inception of community colleges in California in 1910, and a recognition of the difficulty in student transfer throughout the history of higher…

  4. Community College Employee Wellness Programs

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    Thornton, L. Jay; Johnson, Sharon

    2010-01-01

    This paper describes the prevalence and characteristics of employee wellness programs in public community colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). A random sample of 250 public community colleges accredited by SACS was mailed a 46-item employee-wellness program survey. The survey solicited program information…

  5. The Community College Option

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    Rosenbaum, James E.; Ahearn, Caitlin; Rosenbaum, Janet

    2016-01-01

    Efforts to promote college for all for all has opened college doors to a broad range of students. But college--and career success after college--doesn't have to mean a bachelor's degree. Community college credentials, such as associate's degrees and one-year certificates, can lead to further degrees or jobs that offer more benefits than students…

  6. Databook: Maryland Community Colleges.

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    Maryland State Board for Community Colleges, Annapolis.

    Designed to provide information about the current status and future direction of Maryland's community college system, this report offers a summary and overview of all aspects of community college functioning in the state. Section I provides an organizational chart of higher education in Maryland; and data on undergraduate credit enrollments, and…

  7. America's Community Colleges: A Century of Innovation.

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    American Association of Community Colleges, Washington, DC.

    This book presents a history, in photos and text, of American community colleges. It includes pictorial tributes, stories of individuals, a list of U.S. community colleges, a list of distinguished alumni, and milestones in community college history. The book is organized according to major career fields for which community colleges commonly…

  8. Tyler Junior College, Exploring America's Communities.

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    Tyler Junior Coll., TX.

    In 1996, Texas's Tyler Junior College (TJC) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which works to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. TJC's action plan goals were to solicit administrative endorsement and…

  9. Building Indicators of Community College Outcomes.

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    Cohen, Arthur M.

    In 1989, the Center for the Study of Community Colleges began a project to define and promote student transfer from community colleges to four-year colleges and universities. The project had four purposes: establish a definition of transfer; gather and analyze transfer data from a broad sample of colleges; assist the colleges in establishing…

  10. Reduced Financial Resources and the Strategic Position of Community Colleges: How an "Embedded Community College" Can Neutralize External Pressures

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    Namuo, Clyne G. H.

    2013-01-01

    This multi-site case study is really the story of three same-state community colleges (Bridge and Buffer Community College, Grants and Reserves Community College, and Crystal Ball Community College) two years after they suffered a potentially catastrophic 50% reduction in state allocations. This study examined their responses to those reductions…

  11. The Future Community College

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    Elsner, Paul A.

    2003-01-01

    Community colleges have encountered many factors that may reshape their future. Environmental imperatives weigh heavily on community colleges, as does the new integration of the sciences, such as breakthroughs in the biochemical sciences, such as the human genome project. It is also important to pay attention to the forms in which knowledge is…

  12. The Hidden Costs of Community Colleges

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    Schneider, Mark.; Yin, Lu

    2011-01-01

    Community colleges are an essential component of America's higher education system. Last year, they enrolled well over 6 million students, a number that continues to grow. Community colleges have multiple missions, and their performance ultimately needs to be evaluated on multiple metrics. However, one key mission of community colleges is the…

  13. Connecticut Community Colleges: At a Glance.

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    Connecticut State Board of Trustees of Community-Technical Colleges, Hartford.

    This paper presents the 1999-2000 report published by the Connecticut Board of Trustees of Community-Technical Colleges. It includes the following items: (1) a statement of mission and statutory responsibility of Connecticut's community colleges; (2) a description of the public services rendered by Connecticut's community colleges; (3) an outline…

  14. Project U-Turn: increasing active transportation in Jackson, Michigan.

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    TenBrink, David S; McMunn, Randall; Panken, Sarah

    2009-12-01

    Jackson, Michigan, is a medium-sized city suffering from a bad economy and obesity-related health issues. Nearly 20% of the 36,000 residents live below the poverty line. It is a relatively young city (median age of 30 years) with a mixed ethnicity (20% black, 73% white, 4% Hispanic). The city offers many structured, active recreational opportunities, but has not integrated physical activity into daily life. Project U-Turn aimed to increase active transportation (e.g., biking, walking, and transit use) through an integrated approach to Active Living by Design's community action model and the Michigan Safe Routes to School model. Resources were focused on active living promotions and programs; partnership meetings were the source of changes in policy and physical projects. Each initiative was designed to introduce each of the 5Ps (preparation, promotion, programs, policy, and physical projects) to build support for the partnership's overall work. The partnership collected snapshot data of community walking and biking behavior, percentage of students walking to school, participation in events and programs, and new physical projects. Jackson saw a vast improvement in physical infrastructure and policy and a related increase in walking and biking in the community. The project engaged in purposeful partnership building to implement effective programs and promotions that built support for policy and physical projects. Limited resources were best used by encouraging partners to contribute and coordinate activities using existing staff, funding, and resources. Jackson has seen a shift toward awareness of the benefits of active living on community health, economic development, and environmental awareness.

  15. Enrollment Management in the Comprehensive Community College: A Case Study of Bronx Community College

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    Ritze, Nancy

    2006-01-01

    Faced with growing pressure to demonstrate student success and achieve financial stability, community colleges have increasingly turned to enrollment management. Using Bronx Community College as an example, this chapter examines the role institutional research can play in the enrollment management process.

  16. Community Colleges in the United States.

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    Lundberg, Richard, Ed.

    2002-01-01

    This issue discusses the importance of the community college to higher education in the United States. Contained are six articles: (1) "America's Community Colleges: On the Ascent," by Arthur M. Cohen, which places the strengths and challenges of the American community college within a historical context; (2) "Lamps Beside the Golden Door," by…

  17. Bringing the Community College Baccalaureate into Focus

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    Fanelli, Sean A.

    2007-01-01

    In the landscape of higher education, access is central to the community college. An essential element of the mission of community colleges is to provide access to a high-quality higher education to the residents of the county or region in which the colleges reside. In areas that also are served by four-year colleges, a community college can…

  18. Portrait of the Rural Community College. New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 90.

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    Killacky, Jim, Ed.; Valadez, James R., Ed.

    1995-01-01

    This collection of essays attempts to describe the status and role of the rural community college in higher education, highlighting the special challenges faced by these institutions. The following articles are included: (1) "Opening the Shutter," by James R. Valadez and Jim Killacky; (2) "The Comprehensive Mission of the Rural Community College,"…

  19. Building Collaborative Health Promotion Partnerships: The Jackson Heart Study

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    Addison, Clifton C.; Campbell Jenkins, Brenda W.; Odom, Darcel; Fortenberry, Marty; Wilson, Gregory; Young, Lavon; Antoine-LaVigne, Donna

    2015-01-01

    Building Collaborative Health Promotion Partnerships: The Jackson Heart Study. Background: Building a collaborative health promotion partnership that effectively employs principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR) involves many dimensions. To ensure that changes would be long-lasting, it is imperative that partnerships be configured to include groups of diverse community representatives who can develop a vision for long-term change. This project sought to enumerate processes used by the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) Community Outreach Center (CORC) to create strong, viable partnerships that produce lasting change. Methods: JHS CORC joined with community representatives to initiate programs that evolved into comprehensive strategies for addressing health disparities and the high prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). This collaboration was made possible by first promoting an understanding of the need for combined effort, the desire to interact with other community partners, and the vision to establish an effective governance structure. Results: The partnership between JHS CORC and the community has empowered and inspired community members to provide leadership to other health promotion projects. Conclusion: Academic institutions must reach out to local community groups and together address local health issues that affect the community. When a community understands the need for change to respond to negative health conditions, formalizing this type of collaboration is a step in the right direction. PMID:26703681

  20. Wyoming Community College Commission Annual Report, 2008

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    Wyoming Community College Commission, 2008

    2008-01-01

    The Wyoming Community College Commission (WCCC) collaborates with Wyoming's seven community colleges to provide educational experiences that strengthen, support and enrich communities and prepare students to successfully meet life's challenges and recognize and profit from opportunities. Wyoming's seven community colleges provide affordable,…

  1. Wyoming Community College Commission Annual Report, 2009

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    Wyoming Community College Commission, 2009

    2009-01-01

    The Wyoming Community College Commission (WCCC) collaborates with Wyoming's seven community colleges to provide educational experiences that strengthen, support and enrich communities and prepare students to successfully meet life's challenges and recognize and profit from opportunities. Wyoming's seven community colleges provide affordable,…

  2. Online Education in the Community College

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    Johnson, Steven G.; Berge, Zane

    2012-01-01

    This paper looks at three areas impacting online education at the community college level. Community colleges account for more than half of all online students in the United States as of 2006. This makes the success of online learning at the community college level a critical part of the growing online learning movement. Using data for…

  3. University of Hawaii Leeward Community College, Exploring America's Communities. Progress Report.

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    Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Leeward Community Coll.

    In 1996, Leeward Community College (Hawaii) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which works to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. Working as a team, faculty members examined the multi-cultural groups in…

  4. 77 FR 17564 - Public Notice for Waiver of Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance; Jackson Municipal Airport, Jackson, MN

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    2012-03-26

    ... Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance; Jackson Municipal Airport, Jackson, MN AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration... the Jackson Municipal Airport, Jackson MN. The City is proposing a land swap to exchange this 18 acre...-aid funding from the FAA. The disposition of proceeds from the disposal of the airport property will...

  5. Evaluation of burned aspen communities in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

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    Charles E. Kay

    2001-01-01

    Aspen has been declining in Jackson Hole for many years, a condition generally attributed to the fact that lightning fires have been aggressively suppressed since the early 1900s. It is also believed that burning will successfully regenerate aspen stands despite high elk numbers. To test this hypothesis, I evaluated 467 burned and 495 adjacent, unburned aspen stands at...

  6. Campus Community Collaborations: Examples and Resources for Community Colleges.

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    Pickeral, Terry, Ed.; Peters, Karen, Ed.

    Describing collaborative activities between community colleges and the communities they serve, this sourcebook provides 15 essays by practitioners at colleges across the United States. Following introductory materials and the essay, "The Roots of Campus-Community Collaboration" (Terry Pickeral), the following essays are presented detailing…

  7. Report on Illinois Public Community College Foundations.

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    Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield.

    At the request of the Illinois Community College Board's (ICCB's) Committee on Foundations, the ICCB surveyed the state's public community college district to determine the purposes, resources, and activities of the colleges' foundations. The study found that all of the community college districts, except one, have foundations to assist them in…

  8. Perceptions from Students and the Community about Community Colleges

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    Lendy, Shari J.

    2009-01-01

    In this study I explored the existing perceptions of community college in the western suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. Three different groups of people were interviewed in the research process including high school students, college students and citizens who lived in towns supported by a community college. Common themes of perception found within the…

  9. The Image of the Community College: Faculty Perceptions at Mercer County Community College.

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    Dietrich, Marilyn L.

    As part of an effort to improve the image of Mercer County Community College, in New Jersey, a faculty member conducted interviews of 15 colleagues and 4 students to determine their perceptions of the college. Participants were asked about their present attitudes towards the college, their views when they first began, what the college does best,…

  10. Articulation Models and Systems: High School to Community Colleges and Community Colleges to Four Year Institutions.

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    Ughetto, Richard; Hoerner, James L.

    This paper examines models of community college articulation with high schools and four-year institutions as examples of the facilitation of student transfer at the different levels. The first sections of the paper describe four programs to enhance high school to community college articulation: (1) Sacramento City College (California) and the…

  11. Developing Community College Faculty as Leaders.

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    Cooper, Joanne E.; Pagotto, Louise

    2003-01-01

    Discusses the national crises of community college leadership in America. Describes the role of faculty members in community college leadership. Describes motivational factors involved in college leadership, some leadership challenges, leadership development initiatives, and some opportunities for faculty leadership development. Also describes two…

  12. At the Intersection of College & Community

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    Pierce, Dennis

    2016-01-01

    By purchasing abandoned facilities and transforming them into vibrant hubs for culture and education, community colleges are fulfilling one of their key missions: revitalizing their communities. But these types of projects can be fraught with challenges as well. Here's how Austin Community College (Texas), Manchester Community College…

  13. California Community Colleges: Vital to the Economy

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    California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office, 2014

    2014-01-01

    The California Community Colleges play an important role in boosting the state's economy by serving more than 2.3 million students a year. In fact, one out of three community college students in the U.S. is enrolled in a California community college, making it the nation's largest system of higher education. Their 112 colleges provide students…

  14. Seeking Legitimacy: The Community College Mission and the Honors College

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    Treat, Tod; Barnard, Thomas C.

    2012-01-01

    The community college mission has been the subject of considerable review and commentary since its conception. Based on traditional concerns of access, a consensus has largely been reached regarding the inclusion of transfer, career, developmental, and community foci within a comprehensive community college. While concerns regarding access and…

  15. Community Based Organizations as Initiators of Partnerships with Community Colleges

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    Turner, Sharon Yael

    2012-01-01

    This study focused on community based organizations leading community colleges in workforce development partnerships to train unemployed and underemployed adults. These collaborations operate where community based organizations deliver case management and job search skills, while community colleges offer specific training. In order to examine…

  16. Community College Student Mental Health: A Comparative Analysis

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    Katz, Daniel Seth; Davison, Karen

    2014-01-01

    This study explores community college student mental health by comparing the responses of California community college and traditional university students on the American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment II (ACHA-NCHA II). Using MANOVA, we compared community college and traditional university students, examining…

  17. Community College Faculty Retention: Examining Burnout, Stress, and Job Satisfaction. UCLA Community College Bibliography

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    McJunkin, Kyle Stewart

    2005-01-01

    Recent literature on faculty departure from community colleges has focused primarily on faculty retirement. Less research has been conducted on turnover related to stress and faculty burnout, particularly at the community college level. In order to shed some light on this subject, the citations in this annotated bibliography focus on the…

  18. Prevention at Community Colleges. Prevention Update

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    Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention, 2012

    2012-01-01

    According to "Community College Student Alcohol Use: Developing Context-Specific Evidence and Prevention Approaches," community colleges have traditionally had a threefold mission that includes preparing students for transfer to four-year colleges, developmental education, and workforce preparation. The researchers point out that the demographic…

  19. Protecting Colleges and Students: Community College Strategies to Prevent Default

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    McKibben, Bryce; La Rocque, Matthew; Cochrane, Debbie

    2014-01-01

    Student loan default, defined as federal loan borrowers' failure to make any payments for at least 270 days, is an issue of increasing importance to community colleges and their students. This report takes a unique look at student loan default at nine community colleges across the nation, and how those colleges are working to help students avoid…

  20. Tweaking the Culture of the Community College

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    Braxton, John M.; Doyle, William R.; Lyken-Segosebe, Dawn

    2015-01-01

    This chapter contends that scholarship should become a part of the mission of the community college. The authors describe actions for individual community colleges and state and federal actions that encourage and support the engagement of community college faculty members in scholarship.

  1. Community College Contributions. Policy Brief 2013-01PB

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    Mullin, Christopher M.; Phillippe, Kent

    2013-01-01

    America's community colleges are the brokers of opportunity for a stronger middle class and more prosperous nation. The value of community colleges has repeatedly been detailed in broad brushstrokes. While these broad-brush pictures of the community college contribution are important, the community college is an intricate institution offering…

  2. The Journey for Jackson State

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    Roach, Ronald

    2007-01-01

    This article profiles Jackson State University, a historically Black school of more than 8,000 students located at the southern end of Jackson, Mississippi's majority-Black capital city. Founded in 1877, Jackson State has emerged as one of Mississippi's leading research institutions as well as one of the top HBCUs in the country for research. Its…

  3. Critical Issues Facing America's Community Colleges: A Summary of the Community College Futures Assembly 2008

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    Basham, Matthew J.; Campbell, Dale F.; Mendoza, Pilar

    2008-01-01

    Three focus groups consisting of board of trustee members, community college presidents, senior administrators, administrators, and faculty members developed critical issues facing community colleges with respect to instructional planning and services; planning, governance, and finance; and workforce development. Thereafter, the delegation of more…

  4. Regenerative Studies: College Community and Community College.

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    Woltz, Mary G.

    This case study applies principles derived from the Center for Regenerative Studies (CRS) to a community college in North Carolina. CRS, on the campus of California State Polytechnic Institute (California), is dedicated to the education, demonstration, and research of degenerative systems in the areas of shelter, food production, energy, water and…

  5. Oakton Community College Annual Report to the Community, Fiscal Year 1997.

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    Oakton Community Coll., Des Plaines, IL.

    Oakton Community College's (Illinois) Annual Report to the Community for fiscal year 1997 includes information about the college's operations and finances. Prepared to acquaint the community with the school, the report contains letters from the board chairman and president, and outlines the college's mission statement and student services and…

  6. Columbia Gorge Community College Business Survey.

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    McKee, Jonathon V.

    This is a report on a business survey conducted by Columbia Gorge Community College (CGCC) (Oregon) to review the success and quality of the college's degree and certificate programs in business administration, computer application systems, and computer information systems. The community college surveyed 104 local businesses to verify the…

  7. Community Colleges and Proprietary Schools: Conflict or Convergence? New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 91.

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    Clowes, Darrel A., Ed.; Hawthorne, Elizabeth M., Ed.

    1995-01-01

    This volume describes characteristics of proprietary schools, or for-profit schools that focus primarily on career and technical education, and explores similarities, differences, and points of linkage between proprietary schools and community colleges. The following articles are included: (1) "Community Colleges and Proprietary Schools: Conflict…

  8. Critical Issues Facing America's Community Colleges: A Summary of the Community Colleges Futures Assembly 2006

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    Campbell, Dale F.; Basham, Matthew J.

    2007-01-01

    Three focus groups consisting of 42 board of trustee members, community college presidents, senior administrators, and faculty members developed critical issues facing community colleges with respect to instructional planning and services; planning, governance, finance; and workforce development. Thereafter, the delegation of more than 200 voted…

  9. Development of the Jackson Heart Study Coordinating Center

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    Campbell-Jenkins, Brenda W.; Addison, Clifton C.; Young, Lavon; Anugu, Pramod; Wilson, Gregory; Sarpong, Daniel

    2009-01-01

    The public health burden caused by cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to adversely affect individuals in terms of cost, life expectancy, medical, pharmaceutical and hospital care. This burden has been excessive in the case of African Americans. The objective of this paper is to chronicle the procedures and processes that were implemented in the development of the Jackson Heart Study Coordinating Center. The Jackson Heart Study (JHS) is a population-based investigation of traditional and emerging risk factors that predict progression to CVD among African Americans. In response to the struggle against CVD, the Jackson Heart Study has convened a professional, technical, and administrative staff with specific competence in the operation of a coordinating center to handle the wide variety of areas related to CVD studies. The Jackson Heart Study Coordinating Center (JHSCC) was created to assure validity of the JHS findings and provide the resources necessary to meet comprehensive statistical needs (planning, implementing and monitoring data analysis); data management (designing, implementing and managing data collection and quality control), and administrative support. The JHSCC began with a commitment to support study functions in order to increase participant recruitment, retention and safety, meet regulatory requirements, prepare progress reports, and facilitate effective communication with the community and between all JHS centers. The JHSCC facilitates the efforts of the JHS scientists through the development and implementation of the study protocol. The efforts of the JHSCC have resulted in the successful preparation of scientific reports and manuscripts for publication and presentation of study findings and results. In summary, the JHSCC has emerged as an effective research mechanism that serves as the driving force behind the Jackson Heart Study activities. PMID:19543408

  10. Building Leadership Programs for Community Colleges.

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    Oberst, Gayle

    As part of an effort to renew and rebuild the concept of community, Florida's Gulf Coast Community College has proposed the Citizen Leadership Training Program (CLTP). The CLTP is based on the premise that citizen leaders (CLs) exist in all communities and that by engaging citizens in a comprehensive curriculum, community colleges can assist…

  11. Student Health and the Community College.

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    Whitaker, Linda A.

    Research and statistical surveys on student health services and problems at community colleges are reviewed to ascertain administrative attitudes, student health care needs, and areas for improvement. Providing health care for students is said to be generally overlooked by community college professionals who feel it should not be the college's…

  12. Reflections of Women Leading Community Colleges

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    Eddy, Pamela L.

    2008-01-01

    As the "people's college," community colleges have a reputation of being more welcoming of women--as students, faculty, and administrators (Townsend & Twombly, 2006). However, the current percentage of women leading community colleges, which is hovering at 29% (American Council on Education, 2007), begs the question of why parity is not witnessed…

  13. Legal Concerns in Community College Employment Matters

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    Rodriguez, Roy C.

    2010-01-01

    The American community college has posed, for a period of time, some distinctively unique concerns pertaining to legal issues. However, the most pressing legal issues facing community colleges now are those regarding personnel. The diversity of programs community colleges offer require that personnel (specifically faculty) come to the institution…

  14. Wyoming Community College Commission Agency Annual Report.

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    Wyoming Community Coll. Commission, Cheyenne.

    This paper reports on outcomes of community college programs monitored by the Wyoming Community College Commission (WCCC). The document covers the following WCCC objectives: (1) Study of tuition rates for the community colleges; (2) Negotiation of contracts and provision of financial support for administrative computing system components and…

  15. The Institutional Vision of Tribal Community Colleges

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    Abelman, Robert

    2011-01-01

    This investigation provides a base-line measurement of the inspirational and pragmatic rhetoric in declarations of institutional vision at tribal community colleges. By comparing it to nontribal community colleges, this content analysis reveals the current state of utility of the mission and vision statements of tribal community colleges, their…

  16. Marketing Model for Community College.

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    Chahin, Jaime

    In order to survive projected enrollment decreases and to better serve nontraditional students, community colleges must develop marketing plans that make effective use of five community resources: local school system personnel, business and industry, civic and social service agencies, college personnel, and the local media. In approaching these…

  17. Manpower Training in Community Colleges.

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    Korim, Andrew S.

    The pamphlet's eight chapters review the results of a survey of community colleges, discuss some of the strengths of community colleges as they pertain to manpower training, and identify problems encountered in the operation of training programs. In addition, the development, organization, and operation of comprehensive manpower training skills…

  18. Let's Keep the College in Our Community Colleges: Mathematics for College Transfer.

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    Curnutt, Larry

    Preparing students for transfer to four-year colleges remains a significant part of the mission of most community college mathematicians. For some 30 years, calculus has been synonymous with entry-level college mathematics. Recent educational and technological changes, however, demand that the definition of college-level work in mathematics be…

  19. Illinois Community College Board Policy Manual.

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    Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield.

    The fifth in a series of revised editions since 1967, this 1978 manual provides policy guidelines for Illinois public community colleges. Chapter 1 covers the state college board definitions relative to community college operations policy. Chapter 2 deals with board operation and general policies according to such topics as power and duties;…

  20. Retention of First Year Community College Students

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    Windham, Melissa H.

    2012-01-01

    Although close to half of all community college students leave before obtaining their stated goals, most retention studies are still being conducted at the four-year college and university level. There is still little research conducted at the community college level. In order to determine what student characteristics increase community college…

  1. The State of California Community Colleges, 1997.

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    Nussbaum, Thomas J.

    Four important changes for the community colleges of California are proposed. First, legislation should be developed that establishes the basic framework for enabling community colleges to restore a level of access to community college education and training for more citizens. This would provide economic and social opportunity for more citizens,…

  2. Community College Relations with Industry.

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    Hatley, William D.

    Not only is industry seeking a closer relationship with the community college, but employees themselves are becoming more interested in making career advances or mid-career changes. The Metropolitan Community Colleges of Kansas City, Missouri, have become aware of these changing educational needs through the realization that 2% of the students…

  3. Community College Finances, 1974-75.

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    New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton.

    This report was prepared to assist the New Jersey Board of Higher Education in allocating state appropriations to community colleges. The selected financial data and related nonfinancial data describing the fiscal operation of community colleges as projected for 1974-75 are summarized. The paper is organized around five topics: Costs in…

  4. Online Education in Community Colleges

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    Cejda, Brent

    2010-01-01

    This chapter explores the tremendous growth in the use of the Internet to deliver distance education at community colleges. The author examines various definitions of online education, including the types of courses, programs, and degrees available and the types of community colleges that offer greater amounts of online programming. Considerations…

  5. Student Organizations on Community College Campuses: An Examination of Engagement Levels of Community College Students

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    Carmody Roster, Ellen

    2013-01-01

    This study uses data from the 2011 Community College Survey of Student Engagement [CCSSE] to compare students' engagement in academic pursuits and their relationships to fellow students, faculty, and administrators at community colleges that host highly-involved Phi Theta Kappa chapters, with students' perceptions of these attributes at community…

  6. Community-Based Programming: An Opportunity and Imperative for the Community College.

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    Boone, Edgar J.

    1992-01-01

    Defines community-based programing as a cooperative process in which the community college serves as leader and catalyst in effecting collaboration among community members, leaders, and groups. Recommends 15 tasks for community college leaders involved in community-based programing, including environmental scanning and coalition building. (DMM)

  7. Changing Track: Community Colleges in India.

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    Alphonse, S. Xavier

    This book provides information on the concept and practice of community colleges in both the United States and India. It is intended to serve as a guideline for the development in India of institutions and programs modeled after American community colleges. The foreword discusses the findings of a survey of colleges in India on…

  8. Funding Status of Community College Courses.

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    Washington State Board for Community Coll. Education, Olympia.

    In response to a legislative inquiry, a study was conducted by the Washington State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) to determine the adequacy of policies and laws governing the state funding classification of community college courses. During the study, the SBCCE examined the extent to which the colleges were financing courses with a…

  9. Competencies for Community College Leaders

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    American Association of Community Colleges, 2006

    2006-01-01

    The development and availability of well-prepared leaders is vital to the continued success of community colleges and their students. Throughout its history, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has made proactive leadership development a central focus of its mission. Now, that focus takes on even greater urgency as the level of…

  10. Iowa Community Colleges Accounting Manual.

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    Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Div. of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation.

    This document describes account classifications and definitions for the accounting system of the Iowa community colleges. In view of the objectives of the accounting system, it is necessary to segregate the assets of the community college according to its source and intended use. Additionally, the accounting system should provide for accounting by…

  11. Community College Responses to Calls for Higher Completion Rates: The Cases of Three Community Colleges

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    Smock, Elizabeth S.

    2013-01-01

    The primary purpose of this study was to understand how three diverse community colleges are interpreting and acting on federal initiatives to increase completion rates. The study attempted to answer four main research questions: (1) How do a selection of Kansas community colleges, as organizations, interpret the initiative to increase completion…

  12. Washington Community Colleges Factbook. Addendum B: A Description of the Community College Management Information System.

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    Meier, Terre; Bundy, Larry

    The Management Information System (MIS) of the Washington State system of community colleges was designed to be responsive to legislative and district requests for information and to enhance the State Board's capabilities to manage the community college system and integrate its budgeting and planning processes. The MIS consists of seven…

  13. Foundation for California Community Colleges (F.C.C.C.) Facility Program: Saving Community California Community Colleges $$$ on Assessments and Bulk Purchasing.

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    Chen, Spencer; Toy, Larry

    The Foundation for California Community Colleges (FCCC) is a non-profit foundation whose mission is to support the California Community College (CCC) system and to save the CCC money. FCCC is the official auxiliary to the Board of Governors, the Chancellor's office, and the system of 108 colleges of the CCC. This document provides details on the…

  14. COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN URBAN SETTINGS.

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    MAYHEW, LEWIS B.

    A CONFERENCE OF ARCHITECTS, URBAN PLANNERS, COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENTS, AND EDUCATIONAL THEORISTS MET TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCATING JUNIOR COLLEGES IN CENTRAL CITIES. THE JUNIOR COLLEGE CAN MEET URBAN NEEDS FOR RETRAINING, FOR ADULT EDUCATION, FOR TRANSFER, AND FOR CREATING AN INFORMED ELECTORATE. THE COLLEGE LOCATION SHOULD ASSIST IT…

  15. Two-Year Agreement between the Board of Waubonsee Community College (Community College District No. 516) and Waubonsee Community College Faculty Federation Local #2065, 1988-1990.

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    Waubonsee Community Coll., Sugar Grove, IL.

    The collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Community College District No. 516, State of Illinois, and the Waubonsee Community College Faculty Federation Local #2065 is presented. This contract, covering the period from June 10, 1988 through June 11, 1990, deals with the following topics: Federation recognition and definitions;…

  16. Internationalizing the Community College Experience

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    Malkan, Rajiv; Pisani, Michael J.

    2011-01-01

    September 11, 2001 heightened the need for America to train a new generation of leaders with the ability to navigate different cultures and to succeed in the international marketplace. This paper seeks to place the community college firmly in the mix of developing such leaders through the internationalization of the community college experience.…

  17. Community Colleges and Appropriate Technology.

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    American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC.

    A roundtable on Appropriate Technology (AT) was sponsored by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) and supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a result of a mandate from Congress to develop an AT program. The roundtable report first discusses the role of the NSF in including community colleges in the…

  18. On-Campus Housing at Rural Community Colleges

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    Moeck, Pat G.; Hardy, David E.; Katsinas, Stephen G.; Leech, J. Mark

    2007-01-01

    A certain "mythology" appears to exists within higher education that residence halls do not exist at community colleges. The reality is that residence halls do exist at community colleges, and they play an integral role in the fabric of the institutions that have them. This article identifies the number of rural-serving community colleges, and it…

  19. The Community College Story. Second Edition.

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    Vaughan, George B.

    This book offers a brief overview of the history and the important role of community colleges in the U.S. and describes some of the political and societal influences that prompted their development. Various themes relating to the community college mission are discussed, including access and equity, comprehensive services, community needs, and…

  20. Economic Development Practices among Small/Rural Community Colleges.

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    Esbeck, Tim, Comp.; Falcone, Lisa, Ed.

    In developing this compendium of exemplary economic development practices among small and/or rural two-year colleges, the American Association of Community Colleges Commission on Small/Rural Community Colleges (CSMCC) sent out a call for program descriptions to all community colleges with less than 3,000 full-time employees or that were…

  1. Strategic Decision Making in Community Colleges: An Exploration of Issues Relevant to Decision Making to Confer Community College Baccalaureate Degrees

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    Currier, Charles W.

    2012-01-01

    This qualitative case study explores the process community college senior administrators employ when assessing the complex strategic decision to confer community college baccalaureate degrees. Strategic opportunities, such as conferring baccalaureate degrees, occur infrequently thus community college leaders must be prepared to act quickly and…

  2. Welfare/Workforce: Community College Application.

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    Lehr, Susan M.

    Designed to identify the effects of federal and state legislation on community colleges and, specifically, on Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ), this two-part paper provides a summary of provisions of House Resolution (HR) 1617, a bill to reform the nation's workforce and career training efforts, as well as a review of the 1996…

  3. Patterns Influencing Community College Change.

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    Marsee, Stuart E.

    Trends and issues that will influence the development of the community college towards its highest potential as a social and economic force are explored. Chief among the efforts to define the community college role in California were those of the Regents of the University of California and the State Board of Education who offered guidelines for…

  4. Innovation in the Community College.

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    O'Banion, Terry

    An analysis is provided of the innovations that have marked the community college movement during the 1980s, including speculations about their effect on postsecondary education in the 1990s. The authors of the 13 chapters of the book were directed to cite examples of innovative practices from a range of community colleges to illustrate their…

  5. A Comparison of Working Conditions Between Community College Instructors in Collective Bargaining Contract Colleges and Traditional Colleges.

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    DePaoli, John A., Jr.

    In order to assess the impact of collective bargaining on community college faculty working conditions, a 79-item questionnaire was sent in winter 1974 to the presidents of a random nationwide sample of 100 community colleges operating under collective bargaining contracts and 100 community colleges operating under traditional agreements. Of the…

  6. Community (in) Colleges: The Relationship Between Online Network Involvement and Academic Outcomes at a Community College

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    Evans, Eliza D.; McFarland, Daniel A.; Rios-Aguilar, Cecilia; Deil-Amen, Regina

    2016-01-01

    Objective: This study explores the relationship between online social network involvement and academic outcomes among community college students. Prior theory hypothesizes that socio-academic moments are especially important for the integration of students into community colleges and that integration is related to academic outcomes. Online social…

  7. National Study on Community College Health. Research Brief.

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    Ottenritter, Nan

    This is a report on a national survey of community colleges conducted by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) in 2000. The survey was designed to identify various community health programs, centers, classes, and services related to HIV/AIDS that community colleges administered, partnered, or sponsored. The study surveyed 1,100…

  8. Community Colleges, the Media, and the Rhetoric of Inevitability

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    DeGenaro, William

    2006-01-01

    Community college practitioners frequently bemoan negative or stereotypical representations of community college students and community college life in general in the popular media. Saturday Night Live skits and satirical news reports in The Onion enjoy poking fun at community colleges, while mainstream news outlets often fail to challenge…

  9. Reporting Manual for Florida Community Colleges.

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    Florida State Board of Community Colleges, Tallahassee.

    Uniform procedures, terminology, definitions, forms, and instructions are presented to aid individual Florida community colleges in completing state reporting requirements. Following introductory information concerning the Community College Management Information System (CCMIS) the manual explains the purpose and characteristics of the Community…

  10. The Community College Experiment in Latin America.

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    Madden, Lori

    1998-01-01

    Discusses preconditions for exporting community colleges to developing countries, the historical development of higher education in Latin America, and the current favorable political and economic climate for housing colleges. Suggests using Argentina as a testing-ground for the community college system. (11 citations) (VWC)

  11. A Negotiated Agreement between Tacoma Community College Federation of Teachers and Tacoma Community College, District XXII.

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    Tacoma Community Coll., WA.

    The collective bargaining agreement between the Tacoma Community College Federation of Teachers and Tacoma Community College, District XXII is presented. This contract, covering the period from September 1, 1988 to June 30, 1990, deals with the following topics: the purpose, definitions, and conditions of the agreement; union rights and…

  12. Community College Administrators' and Local Stakeholders' Perceptions Concerning the Economic Development Strategies Used by North Carolina Community Colleges.

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    Boone, John Bower; Gillett-Karam, Rosemary

    1996-01-01

    Describes a study comparing the perceptions of community college and community leaders regarding economic development strategies utilized by North Carolina community colleges. Indicates that the level of satisfaction with strategies was related to respondents' perceived level of use of strategies, position held, and institution size. (17…

  13. Academic Capitalism and the Community College

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    Kleinman, Ilene

    2010-01-01

    Profit-generating entrepreneurial initiatives have become increasingly important as community colleges look for alternative revenue to support escalating costs in an environment characterized by funding constraints. Academic capitalism was used as the conceptual framework to determine whether community colleges have become increasingly market…

  14. Intercollegiate Athletics at the Community College

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    Williams, Mitchell R.; Byrd, Laura; Pennington, Kevin

    2008-01-01

    Each year, many community college leaders find themselves, either methodically or haphazardly, making decisions about intercollegiate athletics. There have, however, been few empirical studies on how and why community colleges initiate, expand, or terminate athletic programs. Two studies investigating leaders' perceptions of intercollegiate…

  15. Community College Historians in the United States. A Status Report from the Organization of American Historians' Committee on Community Colleges.

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    Hata, Nadine Ishitani, Ed.

    This report describes the current status of history education and teaching at American community colleges. The report is a collection of articles by various leaders and experts in history at community colleges: (1) Introduction (N.I. Hata); (2) "Improving History Teaching and the Status of the Community College Historian" (C.A. Zappia),…

  16. Community College Students: Recent Findings and Trends.

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    Bryant, Alyssa N.

    This paper discusses recent trends and issues in community colleges, such as dual enrollment, reverse transfer, post-college earnings, and student involvement and experiences within community colleges. It also provides statistics on minority, female, and nontraditional student enrollment, transfer rates, and student success. Highlights include:…

  17. Success in Community College: Do Institutions Differ?

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    Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Muschkin, Clara G.; Vigdor, Jacob L.

    2013-01-01

    Community colleges are complex organizations and assessing their performance, though important, is difficult. Compared to 4-year colleges and universities, community colleges serve a more diverse population and provide a wider variety of educational programs that include continuing education and technical training for adults, and diplomas,…

  18. Pipelines to Leadership: Aspirations of Faculty in the Community College, Kentucky Community and Technical College System

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    Tipton, Erin Courtney

    2016-01-01

    Community colleges are challenged to find their next set of leaders who can respond to the diverse challenges of leading the institution. This study examined the impact of institutional and personal factors on faculty aspirations to leadership roles within the community college through the utilization of the Social Cognitive Career Theory…

  19. Certificated Employee Master Agreement, 1988-1991, between Saddleback Community College District and Saddleback Community College District Faculty Association. 1988-1991.

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    Saddleback Community Coll. District, Mission Viejo, CA.

    The collective bargaining agreement between the Saddleback Community College District and the Saddleback Community College District Faculty Association is presented. This contract, which applies to faculty at Irving Valley College and Saddleback College, covers the period from July 1, 1988 through June 30, 1991. Its provisions deal with the…

  20. Exploring the Trajectory of Latinas into the Role of Community College President: Perspectives from Current Community College Leadership

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    Reinhart, Ruth

    2017-01-01

    Historically, community colleges have been and continue to be a gateway of opportunity for many students. As Hispanic students continue to engage in community college institutions at accelerated rates, it is important that institutions of higher education make strategic adjustments. In response to the impending shortage of community college…

  1. Community Education and the Community College: A Success Story in Southwest Michigan

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    Martin, Gerald C.; And Others

    1975-01-01

    A series of three viewpoints on the community education program at Kellogg Community College. Initial competition between community education directors and the college director of community education has changed to cooperation, resulting in increased enrollments and reduced advertising costs. (DC)

  2. A Feasibility Study for Inclusion of Mohave County Community College in the State Community College System of Arizona.

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    Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff. Educational Resources Management Center.

    The major purpose of this study was to accumulate and organize pertinent information relative to the future status and goals of Mohave County Community College. The major objectives of the survey were to: (1) describe the growth and development of the Mohave County Community College, (2) describe the present educational program of the college, (3)…

  3. Typology of State-Level Community College Governance Structures

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    Fletcher, Jeffrey A.; Friedel, Janice Nahra

    2017-01-01

    Despite having a well-documented history about community colleges across the United States, relatively few discussions have covered state-level governance structures. To understand the typology of state community college governance structures, it must first be recognized that community college governance is characterized as a complex web of…

  4. The Critical Link: Community Colleges and the Workforce.

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    Falcone, Lisa, Ed.

    In 1993, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) sponsored five activities designed to build the capacity of community colleges to respond to workforce development needs of employers and employees through contract training services. Three of these activities targeted community college-based business/industry liaisons, who provide a…

  5. Financing Community Colleges: Threats and Opportunities.

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    Kapraun, E. Daniel; Heard, Don A.

    Today many community colleges are faced with a multitude of financial problems that threaten the stability of their educational and operational programs. These problems include decreases in funding, rising costs, outdated funding formulas, and volatile enrollment patterns. The extent to which individual community college leaders understand these…

  6. Community College Environmental Scanning Initiative, 2004

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    Association of Community College Trustees, 2004

    2004-01-01

    The Association of Community College Trustees' (ACCT's) Member Communications Committee commissioned SunGard Collegis to conduct an environmental scanning initiative to identify the top social, political and other environmental challenges which are, or will be affecting colleges and communities in the near future. The initiative included a…

  7. Group Differences in California Community College Transfers

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    Budd, Deborah; Stowers, Genie N. L.

    2015-01-01

    This study explores the extent to which community colleges succeed in assisting students to transfer to four-year colleges. The study uses data from the California Community College system to test hypotheses about overall transfers and transfers of underrepresented students, It utilizes a framework based upon social reproduction theory (Bowles…

  8. Community College Student-Parents: Priorities for Persistence

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    Peterson, Sally

    2016-01-01

    This study of community college student-parents used interpretive phenomenological analysis of interview data contributed by 15 participants from three Mountain West Community Colleges. The participants qualified by the following criteria: had delayed college entrance by 2 years or more, had a child not yet in kindergarten, were full-time students…

  9. Collection Assessment: The Florida Community College Experience

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    Perrault, Anna H.; Dixon, Jeannie

    2007-01-01

    Beginning in 1994, a series of collection analysis and assessment projects of community college library/LRC collections in Florida has been conducted by the College Center for Library Automation (CCLA). The purpose of the assessments conducted through LINCC, the network for Florida community colleges, was to provide data for improvement of…

  10. The Resource Specialist in the Community College.

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    Ribera, Gilbert J.

    Described are results of a survey of California State Community College services for physically handicapped students in which 74 college coordinators and 102 handicapped students completed questionnaires. Findings are said to indicate that most of the state's community colleges did not employ a full time staff person to coordinate services for…

  11. Florida Community College Finance: Update. Report 2.

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    Florida State Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, Tallahassee.

    In Florida, community college enrollments have increased by 41% over the past 5 years. The use of a 3-year average to fund enrollment has penalized those colleges which have grown dramatically. This report analyzes the range of community college expenditures by instructional program; the relationship of instructional expenditures to support…

  12. Washington Community Colleges Factbook.

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    Meier, Terre; Story, Sherie

    Detailed information on the 27 state-supported community colleges in Washington is presented in six sections. The first section, containing general information, describes the state system organization, lists the individual colleges, and reviews the roles of state agencies and presents a history of the system. A section on student information…

  13. Leadership Development Institute: A California Community College Multi-College District Case Study

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    Leon, Bianca R.

    2016-01-01

    The purpose of this study is to examine a community college district Grow Your Own (GYO) leadership program in the Western United States, the Multi College Leadership Development Institute (MCLDI). The MCLDI was developed in-house for a multi-campus community college district and offered to interested employees at all position levels with the…

  14. Community College Program Planning: A Method to Measure and Meet Community Need

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    Perez-Vergara, Kelly; Lathrop, Rachel; Orlowski, Martin

    2018-01-01

    Offering academic programs that meet community need has long been a core mission of community colleges. However, determining which job skills and credentials are needed for employment in the community is challenging. In order to facilitate a holistic and community-based perspective, our 2-year community college developed a structured curricular…

  15. African-American Female Student Experiences in Community College

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    Dozier, Nedra

    2016-01-01

    This is a mixed method study focusing on African-American Female (AAF) student experiences and success in the community college. This study was focused at a large southeastern, comprehensive community college. A chi-squared analysis of extant data concerning questions from the Community College Survey for Student Engagement (CCSSE) instrument was…

  16. The 2013 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

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    Perlstein, Linda

    2013-01-01

    For millions of Americans, community colleges provide an essential pathway to well-paying jobs and continuing higher education. The Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence honors those institutions that strive for and achieve exceptional levels of success for all students, while they are in college and after they graduate. Community colleges…

  17. Community Colleges and Higher Education: A Joint Venture.

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    Chambers, Sharon M.; Weeks, Sandy R.; Chaloupka, Larry J.

    2003-01-01

    Describes the teacher preparation program at Colin County Community College District (CCCCD), Texas, the first community college program in the nation authorized to prepare teachers. Also reports that Texas A&M University-Commerce has joined with CCCCD to provide a bridge between the community college program and graduate degrees at the…

  18. Hagerstown Junior College, Exploring America's Communities. Progress Report.

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    Hagerstown Junior Coll., MD.

    In 1996, Hagerstown Junior College (Maryland) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which works to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. The primary goals of the action plan were to create a series of faculty…

  19. UCLA Community College Bibliography: Nursing Education and Community Colleges

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    Liu, Amy

    2007-01-01

    The references presented in this bibliography provide an overview of recent scholarship concerning associate degree nursing students, faculty, and pedagogy at community colleges. Included in this bibliography are studies that incorporate a variety of methodologies ranging from quasi-experimental, case study, and naturalistic inquiry to correlation…

  20. Hibbing Community College's Community Computer Center.

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    Regional Technology Strategies, Inc., Carrboro, NC.

    This paper reports on the development of the Community Computer Center (CCC) at Hibbing Community College (HCC) in Minnesota. HCC is located in the largest U.S. iron mining area in the United States. Closures of steel-producing plants are affecting the Hibbing area. Outmigration, particularly of younger workers and their families, has been…

  1. Augusta, Georgia and Jackson State University: Southern Episodes in a National Tragedy.

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    Southern Regional Council, Atlanta, GA.

    This report presents an indepth study of the events and psychology in the past of Augusta, Georgia which help explain the violence and the killing of six Blacks on the night of May 11, 1970. The second study in this report deals with the events and killings of two young black men at Jackson State College on May 15, 1970. These two events had…

  2. Community college students conducting experiment

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    2015-01-31

    STUDENTS FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH CAME TOGETHER AT THE U.S. SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER FOR THE BALLOONSAT LAUNCH EVENT. EACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE TEAM ASSEMBLED ITS OWN PAYLOAD, DESIGNED TO DOWNLOAD SCIENTIFIC AND ATMOSPHERIC INFORMATION, AND THEN 2 WEATHER BALLOONS WERE SENT ALOFT TO APPROXIMATELY 100,000 FEET WITH THE PAYLOADS. THE PAYLOADS WERE RECOVERED IN N. GEORGIA AND TAKEN BACK TO THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS FOR DOWNLOADING.

  3. Metropolitan Community College Self-Study.

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    Moskus, Jerry

    This self-study report from Metropolitan Community College (MCC) (Nebraska) was submitted to the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools for continuous accreditation. Report highlights and statistics include: (1) the College's 3 campuses and 2 centers serve an area of 1,496 square miles and an estimated…

  4. Developmental Education in North Carolina Community Colleges

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    Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Muschkin, Clara; Vigdor, Jacob L.

    2015-01-01

    This article contributes to the empirical literature on remediation in community colleges by using policy variation across North Carolina's community colleges to examine how remediation affects various outcomes for traditional-age college students. We find that being required to take a remedial course (as we define it in this article) either in…

  5. Writing, Reader Response, and the Community College

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    Shafer, Gregory

    2013-01-01

    The community college stands as a beacon of democratic, inclusive ideals. Unlike the four year college--where research and advanced degrees are sought--the community college celebrates learning on a personal, heuristic level. And while such unconventional and even seditious practices have been questioned by those who seek to maintain "standards,"…

  6. Community College Journeys of Hispanic ESL Women

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    Chavez, Melinda Ann

    2015-01-01

    The community college is the primary path that Hispanic students choose to start their college careers. Americans who speak English as their second language will continue to grow and require community colleges to offer more culturally diverse educational programs with specific resources devoted to them. This qualitative study was comprised of 11…

  7. Gulf Coast Community College's Memory Project

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    Burrell, Matthew D.

    2005-01-01

    Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, Florida, is celebrating a fifty-year anniversary in 2007. Maintained by the library, the school's archives represent the historical contributions on a local and national level. Gulf Coast Community College library is ensuring the school's historical significance through the digitization of its…

  8. Crisis Management in the Community College

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    Murray, John P.; Kishur, Joseph M., Jr.

    2008-01-01

    This study examined the decision-making processes of community college presidents when confronted with unexpected and major challenges. During the day-to-day operations of community colleges, presidents typically rely on their best judgment when making routine decisions. However, this decision-making process needs to change when the unexpected…

  9. Deregulation: Implications for Community College Leaders.

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    Bender, Louis W.

    1986-01-01

    Looks at the ways in which the deregulation of business and industry may affect community colleges in the years ahead, using the banking industry as an illustration. Argues that the deregulation of higher education requires that community college leadership programs examine past assumptions and develop new strategies. (LAL)

  10. Achieving a college education: The psychological experiences of Latina/o community college students

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    Zell., Maristela C.

    2011-01-01

    This study examines the psychological and subjective experiences of Latina/o community college students. The impact of these experiences on their persistence toward achieving their education goals is also examined. Qualitative interviews with 15 community college students yielded eight themes: Overcoming personal and social challenges, maturation, self-discovery and college adjustment, self-efficacy, continuously strategizing, sense of purpose, perception of faculty, perception of advisors, and guided and groomed by family to succeed. Implications for practice and recommendations for community colleges are discussed. PMID:21544236

  11. Student Multicultural Awareness in Online Community College Classes

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    Brown, Warren J.

    2010-01-01

    Purpose: US community colleges are based on an open-door mission and serve to provide access to students of diverse backgrounds. Online learning is one of the fastest growing segments of community college offerings--serving both local and geographical dispersed students. If the community college system embraces its open-door mission, it must…

  12. Outcomes Program in a Small, Rural Community College.

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    Carlson, Dale R.; Fleming, Donald

    Student educational outcomes and the quality of instruction are now being monitored by several programs at Worthington Community College (WCC) in southwest Minnesota. WCC, one of the 20 community colleges in the Minnesota Community College system, currently serves 875 students, and has been intensifying its efforts to serve the whole service area…

  13. Sexual Minorities on Community College Campuses. ERIC Digest.

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    Leider, Steven

    This digest provides a review of current literature relating to sexual minorities and the ongoing dialogue surrounding multiculturalism and inclusiveness on community college campuses. A 1998 study conducted on the six San Francisco community college campuses indicated that more than 1 in 3 of 484 community college students surveyed had engaged in…

  14. Getting the Green: Fundraising Campaigns for Community Colleges

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    Grover, Stuart R.

    2009-01-01

    This book offers a comprehensive and detailed look at private fundraising in community colleges. In the foreward, Karen A. Stout, President, Montgomery County Community College, describes it as a "must-read" for aspiring and new community college presidents, academic leaders searching for ways to bring in new dollars to support new programs, and…

  15. Positioning Community Colleges via Economic Development. ERIC Digest.

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    Zeiss, Anthony

    Community colleges, because of their late arrival in the development of American education, have suffered from an image and identity problem since their inception. To deal with this problem, community colleges should position themselves as unique community-based service-oriented colleges and market a specific focus to the general public. The first…

  16. The Annual Condition of Iowa's Community Colleges 2014

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    Bassis, Vladimir; Burroughs, Monte; Burrows, Barbara; St Clair, Eric; Farver, Kent; Harris, Alex; Nissen, Paula

    2014-01-01

    Since 1998, the Management Information System (MIS) group of the Division of Community Colleges has been responsible for compiling and publishing "The Annual Condition of Iowa's Community Colleges," commonly known as the condition report. Primary data sources for the condition report are each of the 15 public community colleges in Iowa.…

  17. Manoa's Community College Transfers, Fall 1970-Fall 1974.

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    Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Community Coll. System.

    This document presents a series of tables providing information regarding community college transfers to the Manoa and Hilo campuses of the University of Hawaii. Data was obtained from several campus computer reports and the community college graduate lists submitted to the Office of the Vice President for Community Colleges. The following tables…

  18. Online Workforce Development in Community Colleges: Connection with Community, Institutional, and Governance Factors

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    Githens, Rod Patrick; Sauer, Timothy M.; Crawford, Fashaad L.; Cumberland, Denise M.; Wilson, Kristin B.

    2014-01-01

    This study examined community and institutional factors that influence offering online workforce development programs in community colleges. The study included a random sample of 321 community college in the United States. Findings conclude that colleges operating under statewide governance structures and in states with more highly centralized…

  19. Community Colleges in the South: Strengthening Readiness and Pathways. The Report of the SREB Community College Commission

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    Blanco, Cheryl; Spence, Dave

    2015-01-01

    Community colleges are vital to the states and the nation. The importance of community colleges as providers of postsecondary education and training is well documented. Fulfilling both economic and social roles, these institutions have successfully created new markets and empowered new populations through educational opportunity. This report…

  20. Reinventing the Community College.

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    Johnson, Dennis L.

    1990-01-01

    In the 1990s, community colleges will be faced with a real challenge and an opportunity: to become marketing-oriented institutions. Marketing is crucial to reinventing the colleges as institutions that are capable of contributing to the education of an underskilled workforce and a significant underclass--an endeavor vital to the nation's…

  1. Washington Community Colleges Factbook.

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    Meier, Terre

    The 109 tables and graphs in this six-chapter factbook present a statistical profile of the Washington Community College System for Fall 1979. Chapter I presents background information on the history and organization of the 27 state-supported colleges. Chapter II outlines data on annual and quarterly enrollments from 1969 through 1979; student…

  2. Community Colleges and Social Stratification

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    Karabel, Jerome

    1972-01-01

    Shaped by a changing economy and by the American ideology of equal opportunity, community colleges are moving toward vocational rather than transfer curricula and are channeling first generation college students into these programs. (Editor)

  3. Building Successful Relationships between Community Colleges and the Media. New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 110. The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series.

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    Daniel, Clifton Truman, Ed.; Hastings, Janel Henriksen, Ed.

    2000-01-01

    This edition of New Directions for Community Colleges describes current relationships between two-year colleges and the media across the country. The issue addresses three themes: the history of community colleges' relationships with press members; media's relationships with community college practitioners; and strategic college marketing through…

  4. Colleges at the Heart of Local Communities

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    Sharp, Margaret

    2011-01-01

    This article discusses the findings of the commission set up jointly by NIACE, the Association of Colleges (AoC) and the 157 Group to investigate the role of colleges in their communities. The commission learned that: (1) further education colleges are, often, already embedded in their communities; (2) although there has been some simplification,…

  5. Financial Aid Facts at California Community Colleges

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    Institute for College Access & Success, 2010

    2010-01-01

    While California community college (CCC) system fees are much lower than tuition at community colleges in other states or other colleges in California, the total cost of attending a CCC--which includes books, housing, transportation, and food--is higher than most people realize. The illusion of low cost may lead CCC students to forgo valuable…

  6. The Community College That Would Not Freeze

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    Masden, H. Daniel

    1976-01-01

    Reports on the community spirit manifested by the students, faculty, and administrators of Kuskokwim Community College (Alaska) to keep the college operating when the town generator burned down in mid-winter. (DC)

  7. Hybrid Learning at the Community College

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    Snart, Jason

    2017-01-01

    This chapter discusses how the community college represents a potentially ideal educational setting for hybrid learning to thrive. The multimodal nature of hybrids, combining both online and face-to-face learning, affords the opportunity to engage students in a variety of ways. Further, many community college students can benefit from the…

  8. Sustaining Opportunity in Rural Community Colleges

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    Torres, Vasti; Viterito, Arthur; Heeter, Aimee; Hernandez, Ebelia; Santiague, Lilia; Johnson, Susan

    2013-01-01

    This assessment considers the sustainability of initiatives begun as a result of participation in the Rural Community College Initiative (RCCI). Case studies were conducted at eight community colleges, and quantitative data was gathered from the U.S. Census, the Department of Labor, and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).…

  9. Community College Global Counterparts: Historical Contexts

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    Latiner Raby, Rosalind; Valeau, Edward J.

    2013-01-01

    Since 1971, scholarship on community college global counterparts has documented the nuances of these institutions and charted their similarities to one another. The purpose of this article is to detail the first three decades of community college global-counterpart scholarship from 1971-2001. Within each decade there exists scholarship that…

  10. Maryland Community Colleges 1980 Program Evaluations.

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    Maryland State Board for Community Colleges, Annapolis.

    This report contains qualitative evaluations of 48 programs throughout the Maryland community college system, as well as a statewide evaluation of Teacher Education transfer programs. A summary of the Teacher Education programs is presented first, in which the purpose and role of teacher education in the community college, enrollment trends,…

  11. Community College Users' Report, Fall 1975.

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    Zimmer, A. L., Ed.

    This report was compiled from information supplied by instructors participating in the National Science Foundation's community college field test of PLATO IV--a computer-based system developed at the University of Illinois--during the fall semester of 1975. Represented here are the responses of instructors at five Illinois community colleges to…

  12. Learning Communities for Students in Developmental English: Impact Studies at Merced College and the Community College of Baltimore County

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    Weissman, Evan; Cullinan, Dan; Cerna, Oscar; Safran, Stephanie; Richman, Phoebe

    2012-01-01

    Across the United States, community colleges offer millions of students an open-access, low-cost postsecondary education. However, of the students who enroll in community college hoping to earn a credential or transfer to a four-year institution, only about half achieve their goal within six years. For students who enter college needing…

  13. The Full-Service Community College: An Essay.

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    Shepherd, John

    Major socioeconomic trends, including the growth of service industries, increased urbanization, and the enhanced importance of leisure time, have brought about the evolution of what might be called the full-service community college. This institution, which culminates the development of the American community college toward its community-based…

  14. Community Colleges: Preparing Students for Diverse Careers

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    Guthrie, Lou A.

    2016-01-01

    Postgraduation outcomes for community college students are complex. In addition to traditional job placement and earnings information, transferring to a 4-year institution is a positive first-destination outcome. Furthermore, community college students may have education and career goals that do not include earning a degree. Community college…

  15. Four Structures for Marketing in the American Public Community College.

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    Bogart, Quentin J.

    Prepared for college officials considering the development of marketing programs, this paper examines the distinctive marketing practices for four geographically separated, public community college districts: Coastline Community College (CCC), California; Metropolitan Community College District (MCCD), Missouri; Triton College (TC), Illinois; and…

  16. Avant Garde Community Colleges

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    Rosenfeld, Stuart A.

    2005-01-01

    Community colleges have become many things to many people over their century-long transformation from junior colleges into comprehensive learning environments. They have been able and willing to take on missions and serve people that other sectors of education could not or would not. Today they have become well known for their efforts in…

  17. Designing Programs for Community Groups. New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 45.

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    Martorana, S. V., Ed.; Piland, William E., Ed.

    1984-01-01

    This collection of articles addresses the role of community colleges in serving the specialized interests of organized community groups. After introductory comments on the topic, Seymour Eskow discusses how societal changes necessitate a reexamination of the role of the community college and an increased orientation to community organizations.…

  18. Sources of Financing for Community Colleges.

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    Graham, Steve; Anderson, Duane

    1985-01-01

    Reports on a nationwide survey of community college funding sources to determine the level of overall college budgets, the percentages of funds received from various sources for operating and capital expenses, the funding role of college foundations, administrator responsibilities, and fund-raising methods used by two-year colleges. (DMM)

  19. College Presidents Examine Midlevel Management in the Community College.

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    Gillett-Karam, Rosemary; Cameron, Donald W.; Messina, Jr., Robert C.; Mittelstet, Stephen K.; Mulder, Anne E.; Sykes, Jr., Abel B.; Thornton, Jerry Sue

    1999-01-01

    Provides six community-college presidents' insights into the midlevel-management role at their institutions. States that although midlevel managers go by various titles at different colleges, they all agree on the importance and substance of these administrative roles. (VWC)

  20. The Economic Impacts of Maryland Community Colleges.

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    Linthicum, Dorothy S.

    The problem addressed in this study is the identification of economic benefits generated by the 17 Maryland community colleges, and their associated costs. Figures for fiscal year 1977 are used to assess the statewide impact of the community colleges on the business sector, in terms of total impact of expenditures by the colleges and their staffs,…

  1. University of Hawai'i Community Colleges: E-Learn

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    Walsh, Marilyn

    2002-01-01

    The E-Learn program is a collaboration of all seven University of Hawai'i (UH) community colleges to offer a distance-delivered Associate in Arts degree. The core mission of the UH Community Colleges is to put postsecondary education within the reach of every resident of the state. To provide that access, community colleges must be affordable,…

  2. Community College Non-Liberal Arts: Implications for Transferability.

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    Ignash, Jan

    To gain a more complete understanding of the community college curriculum, the Center for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC), in Los Angeles, California, augmented its 1991 national study of liberal arts courses, with a 1992 study of non-liberal arts courses. Data were drawn from the same 164 community colleges that responded to the 1991…

  3. Marketing in a Community College. Report 80-01.

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    Daly, Robert; Bateman, Harold

    Marketing in the community college serves to expand recruitment efforts in order to reach all members of the community, as a way to distribute information about the college, and as a means to discover new markets of students. The primary purpose of marketing is to increase the community's awareness of the college through better and more complete…

  4. Mathematics from High School to Community College: Preparation, Articulation, and College Un-Readiness

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    Jaffe, Louise

    2012-01-01

    This research studied the role of mathematics as a roadblock to college completion for community college-bound students in California. Using longitudinal quantitative analysis, I observed the educational pipeline between high school and community college and analyzed how different high school mathematics histories predicted readiness, or…

  5. Tracking Community College Transfers Using National Student Clearinghouse Data.

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    Romano, Richard M.; Wisniewski, Martin

    This study shows how community colleges can track almost all of their own students who transfer into both public and private colleges and across state lines using the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) database. It utilizes data from the student information systems of Broome Community College, New York; Cayuga Community College, New York; the…

  6. College Choice Factors of Latino Community College Students

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    Zayas-DeCouto, Georgina

    2016-01-01

    In the United States, a postsecondary education is significant for economic success. The future job markets require advanced certifications in order to compete in the global market. The federal government emphasizes this importance with the completion goal to increase the number of college graduates by the year 2020. Community colleges have been…

  7. Community College Alumni: Predicting Who Gives

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    Skari, Lisa Ann

    2014-01-01

    Due to the decrease in public funding, community colleges are in a position where they need to generate private gifts. Alumni represent the largest untapped pool of prospective donors, and the success of alumni giving at 4-year institutions illustrates the potential that exists for community colleges. To develop effective fundraising strategies,…

  8. Real Estate Curriculum for Community Colleges.

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    Nelson, Robert W.

    The Oregon Department of Education has prepared this curriculum guide to assist community college personnel in developing or upgrading real estate programs. This fast-growing field has demanded that community colleges analyze the course content of such programs so that they are relevant to the actual needs of the industry. An Advisory Committee…

  9. Academic Affairs Officers: An Application of the American Association of Community Colleges Competencies for Community College Leaders

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    Price, Misty Renee

    2012-01-01

    Over the last two decades, several studies have confirmed that there is a leadership crisis among the nation's community colleges. In response to this leadership crisis, the American Association of Community Colleges [AACC] commissioned the development of a leadership competency framework consisting of six leadership competency areas deemed…

  10. Philanthropic Motivations of Community College Donors

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    Carter, Linnie S.; Duggan, Molly H.

    2011-01-01

    This descriptive study surveyed current, lapsed, and major gift donors to explore the impact of college communications on donors' decisions to contribute to the college, the likelihood of donor financial support for various college projects, and the philanthropic motivation profiles of the donors of a midsized, multicampus community college in…

  11. What Community College Developmental Mathematics Students Understand about Mathematics

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    Stigler, James W.; Givvin, Karen B.; Thompson, Belinda J.

    2010-01-01

    The nation is facing a crisis in its community colleges: more and more students are attending community colleges, but most of them are not prepared for college-level work. The problem may be most dire in mathematics. By most accounts, the majority of students entering community colleges are placed (based on placement test performance) into…

  12. College and Community in Partnership: The Furniture College at Letterfrack.

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    Rosenfeld, Stuart A.

    2001-01-01

    A community economic development organization in rural Ireland partnered with a technical college to build a college to teach furniture design and manufacturing, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship and new production technologies. The college has been successful in attracting good students and helping them find employment. A research and…

  13. Community and Technical Colleges at a Glance. Washington's Community and Technical Colleges

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    Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2015

    2015-01-01

    The vision of Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges is to build strong communities, individuals and families, and achieve a greater global competitiveness and prosperity for the state and its economy by raising the knowledge and skills of the state's residents. The most urgent mission of the Washington State Board for…

  14. Washington State System of Community Colleges.

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    Scheidt, Omar H.

    The highly centralized Washington State System of Community Colleges, as created by the Community College Act of 1967, is administered by a governor-appointed state board with one member from each of the seven congressional districts. Reporting to the state board on all revenues and expenditures made are 22 local boards of trustees. A commission…

  15. Outsourcing of Instruction at Community Colleges

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    Bailey, Thomas; Jacobs, James; Jenkins, Davis

    2004-01-01

    This report presents the findings of exploratory research designed to identify the characteristics of the outsourcing of instruction at community colleges and the forces that promote or block its spread. It is the second in a series of reports by the National Center for Postsecondary Improvement and the Community College Research Center on the…

  16. Community Colleges Take on Global Challenges

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    McMurtrie, Beth

    2008-01-01

    Community colleges in the United States are increasingly seen as a model by developing countries looking to train a skilled work force, even as the institutions wrestle with what it means to educate globally competent students, said speakers at the American Association of Community Colleges' annual meeting here this month. China in particular is…

  17. Securing the Future: Retention Models in Community Colleges--Study of Community College Structures for Student Success (SCCSSS)

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    College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2012

    2012-01-01

    The Study of Community College Structures for Student Success (SCCSSS) was launched in 2010 with three goals at its center: (1) To explore a set of promising institutional practices and organizational structures identified through theory and research as having the potential to support community college student success; (2) To present a synthesized…

  18. AACC-ACCT Community College Agenda for the 105th Congress.

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    Association of Community College Trustees, Washington, DC.

    Focusing on legislation expected to be addressed by the 105th Congress, this booklet sets forth an agenda for the nation's community colleges, developed by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT). An introductory section provides background on community colleges, indicating…

  19. College Choice for Black Males in the Community College: Factors Influencing Institutional Selection

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    Wood, J. Luke; Harrison, John D.

    2014-01-01

    In this study we examined the college choice process for Black males attending community colleges. Using data from the Educational Longitudinal Study, findings indicated that Black males who attend community colleges select their institutions based upon having a degree in their chosen field, the coursework/curriculum, job placement record,…

  20. NOTES FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES, I, II--REPORTS OF ANNUAL CONFERENCES CONDUCTED FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES AND PRESIDENTS BY THE MIDWEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM (1ST, 2D, 3D, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN).

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    BANFIELD, RALPH W.; HALL, GEORGE L.

    PAPERS PRESENTED AT THREE CONFERENCES FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES AND PRESIDENTS INCLUDED (1) A CONSIDERATION OF THE ROLES OF THE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE, THE UNIVERSITY, AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, (2) FACULTY RELATIONS WITH ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF, (3) A CASE STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ST. LOUIS JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT, (4) FEDERAL…

  1. Perceptions and Reflections of Administrators: Community Colleges Transitioning to Baccalaureate Colleges

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    Bemmel, Edwin P.; Floyd, Deborah L.; Bryan, Valerie C.

    2009-01-01

    Community colleges in a number of states are expanding their roles to include baccalaureate degree programming. While the lower cost for delivery of these programs is often a motivating reason for community college baccalaureate, other factors also make these programs attractive alternatives. This article reports the findings of a case study that…

  2. Community College Faculty and Web-Based Classes

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    Smith, Vernon C.; Rhoades, Gary

    2006-01-01

    Web-based, e-learning classes, or online classes that use a proprietary course management system such as Blackboard, are an increasingly prominent part of higher education, particularly in community colleges. In fact, more than three-quarters of community colleges now offer the same course in face-to-face and online modes. And community colleges…

  3. Community College Estimated Growth: Fall 2010

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    Phillippe, Kent; Mullin, Christopher M.

    2011-01-01

    A survey from the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) found that enrollment growth in fall 2010 slowed its pace at community colleges, increasing 3.2% from the previous year. This contrasts with more dramatic increases in recent years: more than 11% between fall 2008 and fall 2009, and nearly 17% between fall 2007 and fall 2009,…

  4. Conditions Favorable for Community College/Business Partnerships.

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    Peterson, N. Charles, Jr.

    1989-01-01

    Identifies the forces making community college/business partnerships particularly viable at present, including the slow growth of the work force and the need to increase worker productivity. Describes J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College's (Virginia) economic development activities. (DMM)

  5. The Community College Effect Revisited: The Long-Term Impact of Community College Entry on B.A. Attainment.

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    Crook, David B.; Lavin, David E.

    To date, much of the research on the community college's effect on baccalaureate degree (B.A.) attainment has been based on the assumption that the educational attainment process occurs in the same way at two- and four-year institutions. However, the distinctive mission and clientele of community colleges create a different environment than that…

  6. Retention, Graduation and Transfer Rates at Maryland Community Colleges.

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    Maryland State Higher Education Commission, Annapolis.

    Of the 11,770 new full-time freshman matriculating at Maryland community colleges in fall 1998, 22.9% transferred to a Maryland public four-year college, 8.2% graduated and did not transfer, and 10.5% were still enrolled in a Maryland community college four years later. The combined four-year transfer and community college graduation rate of 31.1%…

  7. Premise and Promise: Developing New Pathways for Community College Students

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    McClenney, Kay; Dare, Donna; Thomason, Susan

    2013-01-01

    Ensuring that community colleges can better support students in pursuit and completion of college credentials is a central focus of the American Association of Community Colleges' 21st-Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges. Recently, many institutions have worked to improve the college entry experience, but too often, student…

  8. Enterpreneurship/Small Business Degree Programs at Community Colleges

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    Maidment, Fred

    2007-01-01

    Associate degree programs at community colleges in small business/entrepreneurship were examined in this article. The study examined the community college programs in entrepreneurship and small business related, small business administration and entrepreneurship listed in "Perterson's Guide to Two-Year Colleges" (Oram, 2005). Current catalogs…

  9. Wyoming Community Colleges Annual Partnership Report, 2014

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    Wyoming Community College Commission, 2014

    2014-01-01

    The "Annual Partnership Report" catalogs partnerships that Wyoming community colleges established and maintained for each fiscal year. Each community college maintains numerous partnerships for the development and provision of academic, occupational-technical, workforce development, and enrichment educational programs. These partnerships…

  10. Wyoming Community Colleges Annual Partnership Report, 2005

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    Wyoming Community College Commission, 2006

    2006-01-01

    The "Annual Partnership Report" catalogs all partnerships that Wyoming community colleges established and maintained for each fiscal year. Each community college maintains numerous partnerships for the development and provision of academic, occupational-technical, workforce development, and enrichment educational programs. These…

  11. Wyoming Community Colleges Annual Partnership Report, 2009

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    Wyoming Community College Commission, 2009

    2009-01-01

    The "Annual Partnership Report" catalogs partnerships that Wyoming community colleges established and maintained for each fiscal year. Each community college maintains numerous partnerships for the development and provision of academic, occupational-technical, workforce development, and enrichment educational programs. These partnerships…

  12. Wyoming Community Colleges Annual Partnership Report, 2008

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    Wyoming Community College Commission, 2009

    2009-01-01

    The "Annual Partnership Report" catalogs partnerships that Wyoming community colleges established and maintained for each fiscal year. Each community college maintains numerous partnerships for the development and provision of academic, occupational-technical, workforce development, and enrichment educational programs. These partnerships…

  13. Wyoming Community Colleges Annual Partnership Report, 2007

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    Wyoming Community College Commission, 2008

    2008-01-01

    The "Annual Partnership Report" catalogs all partnerships that Wyoming community colleges established and maintained for each fiscal year. Each community college maintains numerous partnerships for the development and provision of academic, occupational-technical, workforce development, and enrichment educational programs. These…

  14. Models of Community Colleges in Mainland China

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    Zhang, Yi

    2017-01-01

    This chapter provides an overview of community colleges in mainland China, addressing briefly the recent history of community college development, defining these institutions, detailing various models with examples, and discussing challenges faced by these institutions and recommendations for future development.

  15. The Role of the Community College in Baccalaureate Attainment at a Private Liberal Arts College.

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    Cejda, Brent D.

    1999-01-01

    The different roles that community colleges play in baccalaureate attainment are defined. Data is presented on 577 baccalaureate graduates who used credits earned at a community college toward their four-year degree. The findings support the contention that aggregate data masks community college contributions to baccalaureate education. Contains…

  16. Creating a New University-Based Community College Leadership Program

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    Vargas, Juanita Gamez

    2013-01-01

    The author describes the process for developing a new Community College Leadership (CCL) curriculum for a certificate, master's, and doctoral degree in adult and higher education. The article details the research strategy in learning about Oklahoma's community colleges, existing national community college leadership programs, relevant courses…

  17. America's Secret Educational Weapon: Community Colleges

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    Magrath, C. Peter

    2008-01-01

    The U.S. has a powerful weapon in its educational arsenal: its community colleges. Yet these institutions, according to the author, are so often overlooked in discussions of the future of U.S. society and the U.S. work force that they might as well be deemed "top secret." More than 1,200 community colleges enroll some 47% of all undergraduates.…

  18. Use of the Community College Goals Inventory (CCGI) as an Impetus for Change in a Rural Community College.

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    Arter, Margaret H.

    In an effort to establish priorities for long- and short-range planning, Palo Verde College (PVC) administered the Educational Testing Service's Community College Goals Inventory to all PVC faculty and administrators, 20 community residents, five trustees, and approximately 200 students. The inventory asked respondents to rate the importance of…

  19. Growing Pains: Exploring the Transition from a Community College into a Four-Year Comprehensive College

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    Martinez, Edna

    2014-01-01

    The highest degree awarded by the community college has generally been the associate in arts or the associate in science degree (Cohen & Brawer, 2008); however, an increasing number of community colleges have expanded their missions to award baccalaureate degrees (Levin, 2004; Russell, 2010; Walker, 2005). Although some community colleges have…

  20. Faculty Development and the Community College LRC.

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    Kazlauskas, Edward John; Maxwell, William

    1990-01-01

    Urges community college libraries to provide and expand services in faculty development. Considers trends toward an increasing emphasis on faculty development, the professional development needs of community college faculty, faculty development methods, consulting services, reward structures for faculty development, and program evaluation. (DMM)

  1. Report for Florida Community Colleges, 1976-77.

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    Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Community Colleges.

    This report attempts to answer the questions most frequently asked by legislators, state agencies, external agencies, citizens, administrators, faculty, and students about Florida's 28 community colleges. Introductory sections describe the Florida public community college system history, philosophy, goals, and organization. Material on financial…

  2. Black River Technical College, Exploring America's Communities. Progress Report.

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    Black River Vocational-Technical School, Pocahontas, AR.

    In 1996, Arkansas's Black River Technical College (BRTC) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which worked to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. The proposed centerpiece of BRTC's program is called the…

  3. The Economic Outcomes of Community College Attendance. ERIC Digest.

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    Bryant, Alyssa N.

    This digest discusses research on economic gains for community college students and explores whether a community college education serves to minimize the wage gap between women and men and between advantaged and disadvantaged groups. It summarizes research that supports the assertion that a community college education offers economic advancement…

  4. Leadership Characteristics of Workforce Development Administrators in Community Colleges

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    Lebesch, Anna Marie

    2011-01-01

    The community college environment is a complex and ever-changing system that requires effective leadership. The leadership characteristics in community colleges have been investigated substantially with studies primarily focused on the presidency and the pathway of the traditional academic pipeline. But as community colleges have struggled to do…

  5. Transportation Practices in Community College Athletics

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    LaVetter, David; Kim, Hyun Duck

    2010-01-01

    Over 45,000 U.S. community college athletes were transported to events during 2005-2006. Transporting college athletes has been an overlooked risk management issue facing administrators. Team travel accidents have caused death, injury, liability claims, property loss, and grief. National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) member…

  6. What Happens to Community College Dual Enrollment Students?

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    Windham, Patricia

    As a result of research indicating that the dual enrollment (DE) students at Florida's community colleges experience problems upon transferring to state universities, Pensacola Junior College (PJC) and Tallahassee Community College (TCC) conducted follow-up studies of DE students. PJC examined outcomes for students who successfully completed DE…

  7. Position Paper for Community Colleges in New Mexico.

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    Renz, Frank J.; Black, Marjorie

    Written at the request of the presidents of the New Mexico Association for Community and Junior Colleges as a means of informing the deliberations of the legislatively appointed Higher Education Reform Committee, this position paper outlines the history, mission, and function of New Mexico's community colleges, branch colleges, and…

  8. Depth of the base of the Jackson aquifer, based on geophysical exploration, southern Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA

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    Nolan, B.T.; Campbell, D.L.; Senterfit, R.M.

    1998-01-01

    A geophysical survey was conducted to determine the depth of the base of the water-table aquifer in the southern part of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA. Audio-magnetotellurics (AMT) measurements at 77 sites in the study area yielded electrical-resistivity logs of the subsurface, and these were used to infer lithologic changes with depth. A 100-600 ohm-m geoelectric layer, designated the Jackson aquifer, was used to represent surficial saturated, unconsolidated deposits of Quaternary age. The median depth of the base of the Jackson aquifer is estimated to be 200 ft (61 m), based on 62 sites that had sufficient resistivity data. AMT-measured values were kriged to predict the depth to the base of the aquifer throughout the southern part of Jackson Hole. Contour maps of the kriging predictions indicate that the depth of the base of the Jackson aquifer is shallow in the central part of the study area near the East and West Gros Ventre Buttes, deeper in the west near the Teton fault system, and shallow at the southern edge of Jackson Hole. Predicted, contoured depths range from 100 ft (30 m) in the south, near the confluences of Spring Creek and Flat Creek with the Snake River, to 700 ft (210 m) in the west, near the town of Wilson, Wyoming.

  9. Community Colleges and Career Qualifications. New Expeditions: Charting the Second Century of Community Colleges. Issues Paper No. 11.

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    Carnevale, Anthony P.

    This document discusses community colleges and career qualifications. Community colleges have a dual challenge in responding to the new economy. First, they will need to play their part in educating and training the workforce that employers need to meet new competitive standards for cost efficiency, quality, variety, customization, convenience,…

  10. Organizational Effectiveness and the Active Community College: The Case of Hudson County Community College. Special Report 95.03.

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    Gabert, Glen; And Others

    In an effort to increase enrollment and move from a limited-mission institution emphasizing career-oriented programs to a comprehensive urban community college, Hudson County Community College (HCCC), in New Jersey, implemented a mission renewal process in 1993. The process included a review of mission statements from other comprehensive community…

  11. The Bill J. Priest Center for Community College Education: Preparing Community College Educators in the 21st Century.

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    Lumsden, D. Barry; Newsom, Ron; Smith, Jr., Howard W.

    1999-01-01

    Expresses the importance of increasing the number of qualified faculty and administrators in community colleges. The University of North Texas is attempting to address this need by the development of the Bill J. Priest Center in Community College Education. The center's first goal is to establish an endowed chair. (TGO)

  12. A Plan for Community College Instructional Computing.

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    Howard, Alan; And Others

    This document presents a comprehensive plan for future growth in instructional computing in the Washington community colleges. Two chapters define the curriculum objectives and content recommended for instructional courses in the community colleges which require access to computing facilities. The courses described include data processing…

  13. Depth of the base of the Jackson aquifer, based on geophysical exploration, southern Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA

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    Nolan, Bernard T.; Campbell, David L.; Senterfit, Robert M.

    A geophysical survey was conducted to determine the depth of the base of the water-table aquifer in the southern part of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA. Audio-magnetotellurics (AMT) measurements at 77 sites in the study area yielded electrical-resistivity logs of the subsurface, and these were used to infer lithologic changes with depth. A 100-600ohm-m geoelectric layer, designated the Jackson aquifer, was used to represent surficial saturated, unconsolidated deposits of Quaternary age. The median depth of the base of the Jackson aquifer is estimated to be 200ft (61m), based on 62 sites that had sufficient resistivity data. AMT-measured values were kriged to predict the depth to the base of the aquifer throughout the southern part of Jackson Hole. Contour maps of the kriging predictions indicate that the depth of the base of the Jackson aquifer is shallow in the central part of the study area near the East and West Gros Ventre Buttes, deeper in the west near the Teton fault system, and shallow at the southern edge of Jackson Hole. Predicted, contoured depths range from 100ft (30m) in the south, near the confluences of Spring Creek and Flat Creek with the Snake River, to 700ft (210m) in the west, near the town of Wilson, Wyoming. Résumé Une campagne géophysique a été entreprise pour préciser la profondeur du mur de l'aquifère dans le secteur sud de Jackson Hole (Wyoming, États-Unis). Des mesures audio-magnétotelluriques (audio MT) sur 77 sites de ce secteur ont fourni des logs de résistivitéélectrique du sous-sol ; les variations de la lithologie en fonction de la profondeur en ont été déduites. Un niveau géoélectrique à 100-600ohm.m, dénommé "aquifère de Jackson", a servi à définir des dépôts superficiels quaternaires saturés en eau et non consolidés. La profondeur médiane de la base de l'aquifère de Jackson est de l'ordre de 61m, à partir des 62 sites ayant fourni suffisamment de données de résistivité. Les valeurs audio MT mesur

  14. Part-Time Community College Instructors Teaching in Learning Communities: An Exploratory Multiple Case Study

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    Paterson, John W.

    2017-01-01

    Community colleges have a greater portion of students at-risk for college completion than four-year schools and faculty at these institutions are overwhelmingly and increasingly part-time. Learning communities have been identified as a high-impact practice with numerous benefits documented for community college instructors and students: a primary…

  15. The Rural Community College as an Administrative Labor Market

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    Allen, Nathan T.; Cejda, Brent D.

    2007-01-01

    External culture acts as a powerful force on rural community colleges and the presidents that lead them. This article examines whether rural community colleges comprise an administrative labor market, based on the careers of 69 chief academic officers employed in rural community colleges. Findings indicate the characteristics of both an…

  16. Exploring the Climate for Women as Community College Faculty.

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    Hagedorn, Linda Serra; Laden, Berta Vigil

    2002-01-01

    Provides a literature review and national dataset analyses regarding the perceived conditions of women community college faculty members. Reports that the climate at the average community college may be friendlier than at four-year institutions; however, women faculty at community colleges are not free from the confines of glass ceilings, academic…

  17. Students' Perceptions of Their Readiness for Community College Study

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    Millar, Brad; Tanner, David

    2011-01-01

    Although the drop-out problem is particularly acute at the community college, there is very little research on student attrition that is specific to community colleges. Differences between the community college and four-year institutions stems are accented by entrance requirements that are traditionally much more rigorous at traditional colleges…

  18. Constituent Perceptions of a Community College: An "Image" Study.

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    Conklin, Karen A.

    Every 5 years, Johnson County Community College (JCCC), in Overland Park, Kansas, conducts a study of community perceptions to measure the level of community satisfaction with the overall mission of the college. Specifically, the studies seek to measure constituents' awareness of JCCC's role, their support of the college's activities to fulfill…

  19. Community College Counseling: Why Are Research Outcomes so Elusive?

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    Schwitzer, Alan M.; Pribesh, Shana; Ellis-O'Quinn, Amanda; Huber, Patricia B.; Wilmer, Elizabeth C.

    2016-01-01

    This article focuses on counseling research in the community college context. The article suggests the need for a robust community college knowledge base, describes some limitations of the current community college literature, and suggests a framework for more effective work in this area. The authors' own experiences and selected examples of…

  20. The Flattening of Literacy: Community Colleges and Skills Training

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    Pennell, Michael

    2011-01-01

    Community colleges occupy a contradictory position in the rise of globalization. They are at once both local and global institutions. This essay examines the complicated location of community colleges in local economies through the developing community college system in Indiana. In particular, it highlights the horizontal transitions of a growing…

  1. Career Paths of Female Vice-Presidents in Community Colleges

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    Quinn, Jacqueline Y.

    2017-01-01

    The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the career paths and preparation of female vice-presidents employed in community colleges in the state of Mississippi. There is limited qualitative information available that describes the career paths of vice-presidents in the state's community colleges. Community colleges are making great…

  2. Bellevue Community College Community Impact Report, Fall 2002.

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    Bellevue Community Coll., WA.

    This document presents data pertaining to the impact of Bellevue Community College (BCC), Washington, on the surrounding community. The study examines both short- and long-term impacts of BCC on the larger community. Short-term impacts include the revenue and expenditures for which BCC is responsible, which for 2001-02 totaled $86,431,309. During…

  3. Community Development Services in the Community Junior College.

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    Romine, Stephen

    A survey was conducted through the Mountain-Plains Community College Leadership Program of the University of Colorado to: (1) ascertain the value of various activities that might be useful as part of a community development program; (2) determine the extent of community development services now being provided and the extent to which they should be…

  4. Transfer: Making It Work. A Community College Report.

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    Donovan, Richard A., Ed.; And Others

    In 1983, the Ford Foundation funded a two-part project, the Urban Community College Transfer Opportunities Project (UCC/TOP), designed to improve the transfer process from the community college to the four-year institution for urban minority students. Through partnership efforts with secondary schools and four-year colleges and universities, the…

  5. Common Ground: Exemplary Community College and Corporate Partnerships.

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    Johnson, Larry, Ed.

    Designed to illustrate exemplary strategies used by community colleges to meet the needs of corporate partners and which other colleges may wish to model, this monograph provides descriptions of partnerships at 14 community colleges written by the practitioners involved. Each narrative discusses how the partnerships were formed; their structure,…

  6. Executive Compensation in the California Community Colleges, 2000-2001.

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    California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor.

    The Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges, in compliance with the State Legislature's requirements, issues a yearly report detailing executive compensation in the community colleges. There are three major organizational configurations in the state: (1) 20 multi-college districts administered by chancellors; (2) 56 colleges in…

  7. Public Policy, Community Colleges, and the Path to Globalization.

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    Levin, John S.

    2001-01-01

    Examined the nature of government policy toward community colleges in the United States and Canada in the 1990s and colleges' responses. Government policies were found to direct community colleges toward economic goals, emphasizing workforce training and state economic competitiveness and compelling colleges to improve efficiencies, increase…

  8. Four-Year Colleges Should Admit More Community College Students

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    Levy, Harold O.

    2016-01-01

    Defying the stereotype that they lack the academic preparation and ability to succeed at top colleges and universities, community college students have gone on to distinguish themselves at prestigious four-year institutions year after year. These students have proven to be extraordinarily bright, hardworking and capable of excelling, and have…

  9. Disability Support Services in Community Colleges. AACC Research Brief.

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    Barnett, Lynn; Li, Yong

    To determine the extent to which community colleges provide services and programs for students with disabilities, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) conducted a national survey in 1995 of public and private community, technical, and junior colleges in the United States, U.S. territories, and Canada. Fall 1995 headcounts for both…

  10. Social Equality in Mass Higher Education: Connecticut Community Colleges.

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    Abel, Emily K.

    The rhetoric of the community colleges presents them as democratizing agents, enabling the underprivileged to move upward in society through education. While this is their purpose, the community colleges also aspire to gain acceptance as regular members of the system of higher education. In Connecticut, the image of the community colleges suffers…

  11. Alcohol and Other Drugs: Prevention Challenges at Community Colleges.

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    Ryan, Barbara E.

    In this document, The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention focuses on prevention challenges at community colleges. Students at community colleges differ from those at four-year institutions in a number of areas, including social demographics as well as alcohol and other drug-related problems. Community college students are…

  12. Advisors' Perceptions of Community College Advising

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    Solis, Linda Yolanda

    2012-01-01

    The purpose of the following dissertation was to gain understanding of community college advisors' perceptions of the community college advising process. A constructivist approach was utilized to develop a general description and understanding of what influences advising perceptions from qualitative data collected through interviews with…

  13. Reflective Leadership by Selected Community College Presidents

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    Stoeckel, Pamella Rae; Davies, Timothy Gray

    2007-01-01

    This phenomenological study addressed the following question: How do community college presidents experience self-reflection in their leadership roles? Male and female community college presidents of diverse racial backgrounds were interviewed to better understand how they experienced self-reflection in their own leadership. Three themes emerged:…

  14. Community College Faculty Involvement in Decision-Making.

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    Thaxter, Lynn P.; Graham, Steven W.

    1999-01-01

    Explores community college faculty's perception of their involvement in decision making. Reports the responses of 70 Midwest community college instructors in five areas: finance, instruction, personnel, goals, and students. Finds that respondents feel little sense of decision-making involvement. Warns that presidents may alienate the faculty if…

  15. In Search of a Community College President.

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    Libby, Patricia A.

    Designed for governing boards, search committee members, and aspiring community college presidents, this booklet examines different institutional procedures involved in the search for and selection of a community college president, and outlines relevant problems and issues that should be considered at various phases of the process. After…

  16. Differential Tuition: A Community College Budgetary Strategy

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    Friedel, Janice Nahra; Thomas, Gregory

    2013-01-01

    Community colleges are currently facing the perfect fiscal storm: historical reductions in state appropriations while at the same time experiencing significant enrollment growth. Community college leaders are pondering how to effectively compensate for unprecedented budget cuts while meeting the demands of student access and increasing levels of…

  17. Agreement between Rancho Santiago Community College District and the Faculty Association of Rancho Santiago Community College District for the Fiscal Year 1989-1991.

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    Rancho Santiago Community Coll. District, Santa Ana, CA.

    The collective bargaining agreement between the Rancho Santiago Community College District Board of Trustees and the Faculty Association for the Rancho Santiago Community College District is presented. This contract, covering faculty at Rancho Santiago Community College and its off-campus centers, applies to the period from July 1, 1989 through…

  18. [Community Service Program, Westmont College.

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    Kistler, Christina

    This report describes a 2-year project at Westmont College, California, which established a Community Service Program with the purposes of decreasing student debt and increasing student participation in community organizations. Eligible students worked 8-10 hours per week for a qualified community agency and received credit towards tuition for the…

  19. The End of the Community College English Profession

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    Kroll, Keith

    2012-01-01

    In "After 40 Years, Has the Grand Experiment Failed?" Trum Simmons answers the question he poses in the essay's title by describing a community college teaching career that many "Teaching English in the Two-Year College" (TETYC) readers will find familiar: the diversity of community college students; student success and failure; conflicted…

  20. Community Colleges Respond to Demand for STEM Graduates

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    Mangan, Katherine

    2013-01-01

    As concerns grow over labor shortages in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields, the colleges ready students for jobs or more education. Educators are also looking to community colleges to fill the gap. With their high enrollments of minority and low-income students, community colleges are obvious places to recruit a diverse work…

  1. Research Experiences in Community College Science Programs

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Beauregard, A.

    2011-12-01

    The benefits of student access to scientific research opportunities and the use of data in curriculum and student inquiry-driven approaches to teaching as effective tools in science instruction are compelling (i.e., Ledley, et al., 2008; Gawel & Greengrove, 2005; Macdonald, et al., 2005; Harnik & Ross. 2003). Unfortunately, these experiences are traditionally limited at community colleges due to heavy faculty teaching loads, a focus on teaching over research, and scarce departmental funds. Without such hands-on learning activities, instructors may find it difficult to stimulate excitement about science in their students, who are typically non-major and nontraditional. I present two different approaches for effectively incorporating research into the community college setting that each rely on partnerships with other institutions. The first of these is a more traditional approach for providing research experiences to undergraduate students, though such experiences are limited at community colleges, and involves student interns working on a research project under the supervision of a faculty member. Specifically, students participate in a water quality assessment study of two local bayous. Students work on different aspects of the project, including water sample collection, bio-assay incubation experiments, water quality sample analysis, and collection and identification of phytoplankton. Over the past four years, nine community college students, as well as two undergraduate students and four graduate students from the local four-year university have participated in this research project. Aligning student and faculty research provides community college students with the unique opportunity to participate in the process of active science and contribute to "real" scientific research. Because students are working in a local watershed, these field experiences provide a valuable "place-based" educational opportunity. The second approach links cutting-edge oceanographic

  2. Minoritized Students In STEM Pathways at Community Colleges

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Babcock, Michael Jason

    Community colleges are a prominent academic pathway for future scientists, engineers, and mathematicians, and serve as a gateway to higher education for traditionally marginalized student populations. Because of this, community colleges are uniquely positioned to combat the underrepresentation of African American, Latino/a, Native American, and Pacific Islander students in STEM. Research on students of color in STEM, however, has traditionally focused on K-12 schools and four-year colleges and universities, leaving a gap in our understanding about the role of community colleges in shaping student intentions to pursue STEM careers. To address that gap, this study examined students as they pursued a degree in STEM at a community college, for the purposes of contributing to our understandings of students of color in these environments. Utilizing science identity framing and longitudinal multi-case study methods, this study followed thirteen students as they navigated the community college and made decisions regarding their pursuit of a future in STEM fields. Specifically, this study illuminates the racialized nature of STEM at a community college, student thinking around choices to opt into or out of STEM, and the decision-making around choices to persist. Insight into the social and contextual factors underlying students' persistence demonstrates that students of color (especially women of color) do encounter hostile experiences within STEM contexts at community colleges, but how they respond to those hostilities influences persistence. Students who attribute hostilities such as micro-aggressions to the biases of others are more likely to persist. Students who do not attribute those hostilities to others are more likely to assume their experiences are attributable to the fact they do not belong in STEM. The findings establish the importance of recognizing and acknowledging the racialized and gendered nature of STEM, both in academic settings and at home, for those

  3. A Retrospective of Four Decades of Community College Research

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    Floyd, Deborah L.; Felsher, Rivka A.; Ramdin, Gianna

    2016-01-01

    In the 40th publication year of the "Community College Journal of Research and Practice" ("CCJRP"), the authors present a 39-year retrospective on research on the community college through the lens of the journal. It is not known exactly what the body of community college research wholly consists of. Without access to the…

  4. Patterns in Student Financial Aid at Rural Community Colleges

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    Hardy, David E.; Katsinas, Stephen G.

    2008-01-01

    This article uses the 2005 Basic Classifications of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a framing device through which to examine patterns of student financial aid at America's rural community colleges, which represent 64% of all U.S. community colleges. Rural community colleges serve more first-time, full-time students than…

  5. Democracy's College: The American Community College in the 21st Century--Framing the Issue

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    Topper, Amelia M.; Powers, Jeanne M.

    2013-01-01

    In this manuscript, the guest editors of the EPAA Special Issue on "Democracy's College: The American Community College in the 21st Century": a) introduce the background, history, and context of community colleges in the larger higher education landscape; b) summarize the three research papers and two video commentaries that were…

  6. Seeking Stakeholder Views: Iowa Community Colleges @ 2000.

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    Ebbers, Larry H.; Gardner, Gene

    2003-01-01

    Summarizes the strategic planning process and findings outlined in the final report of the Iowa Community Colleges @ 2000 research project, initiated by the Iowa Association of Community College Trustees. Addresses the continued importance of access, workforce preparation, quality and the identification of best practices. (Contains 10 references.)…

  7. Institutions on the Edge: America's Community Colleges.

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    Vaughan, George B.

    To understand the elusive nature of the community college, one must understand the process of assimilation that constantly reshapes its mission. Assimilation refers to the process of identifying educational solutions to ever-emerging, broad-based social issues and problems and incorporating these solutions into the community college's mission as…

  8. Budget and Accounting Manual: California Community Colleges.

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    California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor.

    This manual specifies in detail the new budget and accounting system for California Community Colleges, utilizing an activity-centered approach to expenditure reporting which describes real resource requirements, their costs, and relative use in each of the 37 discrete activities comprising community college operations. The system is designed to…

  9. Fundraising in Community College Foundations. ERIC Digest.

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    Schuyler, Gwyer

    In response to declining local and state appropriations for public education, community colleges have taken steps to formalize fundraising efforts by creating institutional foundations as recipients of tax-deductible contributions. Large-scale external fundraising at community colleges began as a result of the 1965 Higher Education Act and the…

  10. The Comprehensive Mission of Rural Community Colleges.

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    Cavan, John

    1995-01-01

    Reviews the comprehensive mission of rural community colleges, arguing that they are major elements in the life of their service areas and must meet community needs. Describes the role of rural college presidents and the importance of environmental scanning. Reviews challenges facing rural institutions in the future. (MAB)

  11. Participative Leadership: Perspectives of Community College Presidents

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    Grasmick, Lauren; Davies, Timothy Gray; Harbour, Clifford P.

    2012-01-01

    This grounded theory study addressed the issue of how community college presidents foster active, broad-based participation in campus decision-making processes. This study was based on in-depth interviews with nationally recognized community college presidents selected on the basis of their work in implementing participative governance within…

  12. Aspen Competition Drives Innovative Ideas for Community Colleges

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    Gonzalez, Jennifer

    2012-01-01

    When Valencia College became the first recipient of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence last month, an unsung sector earned uncommon recognition. Now that the speeches are over and the prize money has been awarded, the Aspen Institute is sharing early lessons from its yearlong effort to determine the top community college in the…

  13. Helping Community-College Students Succeed: A Moral Imperative

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    McClenney, Kay

    2009-01-01

    As is typical in a recession, many community colleges are experiencing a surge in enrollment, at precisely the same time that they must--like many enterprises, both public and private--contend with choking constraints on resources. The reality for community colleges is this: No matter how good this nation's colleges are today--and they do…

  14. National Leaders in Innovation. Washington's Community and Technical Colleges

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    Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2015

    2015-01-01

    Washington's community and technical colleges set a national example for innovative policies, practices and research for student success. Washington's community and technical college system ranks 12th in the nation for graduation rates, and 7th for certificates and degrees produced. Olympic College and Renton Technical College in March 2015 were…

  15. Perspectives on Governance in Community Colleges Using Different Organizational Models.

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    McCauley, Lisa Marie

    This paper discusses three ways of structuring community college governmental bodies and describes the benefits of a combined approach to governance. To remain true to their purpose of serving the community, governing bodies for two-year colleges must consist of representatives from the surrounding community. Although community college governing…

  16. POWER AND AUTHORITY--EMERGING TRENDS AND ASPIRATIONS, PROCEEDINGS OF THE STANFORD-BERKELEY SEMINAR FOR JUNIOR COLLEGE PRESIDENTS (2D, BERKELEY, JUNE 19-21, 1964).

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    MEDSKER, LELAND L.; TILLERY, HARRY DALE

    FIVE PAPERS ARE REPRODUCED IN THIS REPORT. DR. DONALD D. JACKSON DISCUSSED THE CHANGING POWER STRUCTURE IN MODERN SOCIETIES, AS PREPARATION FOR THE EXAMINATION OF TRENDS RELEVANT TO CRUCIAL ASPECTS OF THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY. GORDON W. BLACKWELL DESCRIBED THE FORMAL POWER STRUCTURE, THE INFORMAL POWER STRUCTURE, AND AREAS OF TENSION IN STATE…

  17. The Impact of Current Economic Crisis on Community Colleges

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    Okpala, Comfort O.; Hopson, Linda; Okpala, Amon O.

    2011-01-01

    The focus of the study was to examine the impact of the recession on (1) community college funding, (2) community college student support services, and (3) on student enrollment. This study relied on data from document analysis and interview of community college personnel and students. The current crisis has resulted in a steep budget reduction to…

  18. Community College Student Retention: Student Characteristics and Withdrawal Reasons.

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    Zhai, Lijuan; Monzon, Rey

    This study examined the profile of community college dropouts, in an attempt to identify how this cohort differs from university-level dropouts and to identify reasons for community college students' withdrawal from school. The authors argue that the profile of a typical community college student--a person who has a full- or part-time job, lives…

  19. Community College League of California Pocket Profile, 2002. 3rd Edition.

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    Community Coll. League of California, Sacramento.

    This document is a pocket profile from the Community College League of California (CCLC), which represents 72 community college districts and 108 community colleges. The report offers information on general governance and institutional missions, enrollment figures, community college student demographics, and student educational costs. (1) the Los…

  20. A Leadership Development Plan for Implementation of 4-Year Degree Programs at Community Colleges within the University and Community College System of Nevada

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    Crawford, Chemene

    2005-01-01

    The purpose of this applied dissertation was to develop a blueprint for community college leaders within the University and Community College System of Nevada (UCCSN) who want to develop 4-year degree programs at their individual institutions. Many of these leaders were not aware of what is involved in preparing a community college to undertake…

  1. Oakton Community College Annual Report to the Community, Fiscal Year 1996.

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    Oakton Community Coll., Des Plaines, IL.

    This 1996 annual report from Oakton Community College in Illinois was prepared to inform the community about the college's operations and finances, but in a more condensed, user friendly format than the comprehensive financial report. It includes statements from the board chairman and president, a mission statement, and a description of the board…

  2. [Issues in California Community Colleges].

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    Grosz, Karen Sue, Ed.

    1988-01-01

    Designed as a forum for the exchange of ideas among California community college faculty, this journal offers a series of articles addressing instructional and administrative concerns. The volume contains: (1) "Campus Life: A Book Review," by John McFarland; (2) "The Scholar in the Two-Year College: Magritte's Mermaid or…

  3. Struggling Communities Turn to Colleges

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    Fischer, Karin

    2008-01-01

    In economically struggling communities, small private colleges are helping generate development projects in large part as a matter of survival. Unlike research universities and land-grant institutions, which have long viewed regional economic development as central to their missions, most liberal-arts colleges are relative newcomers to this work,…

  4. Rebuilding Trust in Community Colleges

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    Awan, Seher

    2017-01-01

    The California Community College (CCC) system is the largest system of higher education in the United States, with 72 districts and 113 colleges. The CCC system exhibits statistics demonstrating success; however, as with any organization, trust, communication, and leadership play an essential role in creating stable and productive organizations.…

  5. Community College Students' Perceptions of Educational Counseling, Its Value, and Its Relationship with Students' Academic and Social Integration into the Community College

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    Guzman, Sergio A.

    2014-01-01

    This dissertation investigated community college students' perceptions about educational counseling, its value, and its relationship with academic and social integration into the college environment. In an attempt to explore students' perceptions, a quantitative study was conducted at four California community colleges. The survey was distributed…

  6. Validation Experiences and Persistence among Urban Community College Students

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    Barnett, Elisabeth A.

    2007-01-01

    The purpose of this research was to examine the extent to which urban community college students' experiences with validation by faculty contributed to their sense of integration in college and whether this, in turn, contributed to their intent to persist in college. This study focused on urban community college students' validating experiences…

  7. Community Colleges Are Essential to a Healthy Economy

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    Gould, Douglas

    2008-01-01

    As community-college leaders around the country defend against across-the-board budget cuts, they need to mobilize key groups to make the case that their colleges offer the best hope of turning around the United States economy. The author discusses how his and his colleagues' research on community colleges indicate that the public does not…

  8. How Community Colleges Can Work for World Peace

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    Smith, David J.

    2007-01-01

    The important contributions that community colleges make to American society are well known and documented, but many people may not be aware of the huge influence that community colleges are having overseas. The U.S. model of the two-year college with a vocational emphasis is being exported, and foreign institutions that focus on career education…

  9. Effectiveness of Online Community College Success Courses

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    Abts, Melanie

    2012-01-01

    The purpose of this action research study was to determine the effectiveness of two online college success courses: CPD 150 (College Success, 3 credits) and CPD 115 (Success Strategies, 1 credit), at Rio Salado College, a Maricopa Community College in Arizona. The goal of these courses is to prepare students to be college-ready by examining…

  10. Community College Re-Enrollment after Hurricane Katrina

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    Lowe, Sarah R.; Rhodes, Jean E.

    2013-01-01

    In this study, we explored predictors of community college re-enrollment after Hurricane Katrina among a sample of low-income women (N = 221). It was predicted that participants' pre-hurricane educational optimism would predict community college re-enrollment a year after the hurricane. The influence of various demographic and additional resources…

  11. Community College General Academic Course Guide Manual.

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    Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. Div. of Community and Technical Colleges.

    The Community College General Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) is the official list of approved numbers for general academic transfer courses that may be offered by public community and technical colleges in Texas for state funding. This edition of the ACGM, effective September 1996, contains the latest information available for academic…

  12. Accountability in Community Colleges Using Stakeholder Theory

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    Pitcher, Paula R.

    2012-01-01

    The purpose of the present study is to analyze stakeholder theory and its applicability to community college accountability. Community colleges have been using strategic planning as a management approach that includes the process of strategic action, and many organizations claim that they collaborate with their stakeholders during this process.…

  13. Are Community College Presidencies Wise Career Moves?

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    Jones, Stephanie J.; Johnson, Bradley

    2014-01-01

    This study surveyed executive administrators of community colleges that had experienced a presidential transition between 2006 and 2009. Its purpose was to determine their perceptions of career risk associated with the community college position of president. The study compared the perceptional changes to a prior study on the same subject by…

  14. Community Colleges--Prevention Challenges. Issues in Prevention

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    Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention, 2012

    2012-01-01

    This issue of "Issues in Prevention" focuses on prevention challenges facing community colleges. This issue contains the following articles: (1) Prevention at Community Colleges; (2) Q&A With William Auvenshine; (3) Chancellor's Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Stout; (4) Alcohol Marketing in the Digital Age; and (5) Higher Education…

  15. Retention of First-Year Community College Students

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    Windham, Melissa H.; Rehfuss, Mark C.; Williams, Cyrus R.; Pugh, Jason V.; Tincher-Ladner, Lynn

    2014-01-01

    Close to half of all community college students leave before obtaining their stated goals. In order to determine what student characteristics increase community college student retention, with a heightened interest on the predictive nature of taking a student success course, a post-facto quasi-experimental study was conducted to determine whether…

  16. Putting the Community Back into the College

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    Ayers, David F.

    2010-01-01

    American popular culture currently defines the community college as a job-training center, a site of remedial education, or a vocational institution. Certainly job training is essential in a period of low employment, and community colleges can and should help Americans achieve prosperity, engage in meaningful work, and achieve their productive…

  17. Leadership Strategies for Community College Effectiveness: Outcomes of the North Carolina Community College Presidents' Leadership Institute. A Technical Report.

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    Campbell, Dale F.; And Others

    Developed as a result of the North Carolina Community College President's Leadership Institute, this volume discusses the successful use of selected adaptive strategies to enhance community college effectiveness. Following information on the Institute and an overview of the volume, most of the remaining chapters review the work of prominent…

  18. So There's a Community College in Your Town. A Guide for Local Church Ministry with the Nearby Community College.

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    Hallman, W. E., Ed.

    Seven articles and a series of cartoons provide background information and practical suggestions for the development of a working relationship between community colleges and the church. William E. Hallman discusses the church's responsibility for ministry at the community colleges. Robert A. Mayo explores the ways in which a supportive…

  19. The Linkage between Community Services and College Development.

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    Mays, Sylvia A.; Vogler, Daniel E.

    1985-01-01

    Provides a summary of a 1984 study of the importance of 40 functions for community college resource development officers. Concludes that development officers are responsible for making friends for the college in the community, sharing this responsibility with others. Sees a role for community services personnel in development functions. (AYC)

  20. East-West Community College Project Leadership Training Report.

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    Community Colleges for International Development, Inc.

    This document summarizes the history and planning efforts of the East-West Community Consortium for Community College Development in Thailand, a group of Thai and U.S. education officials charged with coordinating the establishment of ten community colleges in rural Thailand and Bangkok. This report outlines the timeline, content, format and…

  1. Community College Business Development and Entrepreneurship Education. UCLA Community College Bibliography

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    Carducci, Rozana

    2004-01-01

    Faced with the challenge of responding to shifting tides in the American labor market through the development of innovative and relevant educational programs that directly facilitate regional economic growth, numerous community colleges have identified the implementation of small business development and entrepreneurship education initiatives as…

  2. Hughlings Jackson. The man and his time.

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    Critchley, M

    1986-05-01

    This article is a brief account of the personality of Hughlings Jackson, his mode of life, and his intimate friends. He grew up when worldwide developments were taking place in biological thinking. The philosopher Herbert Spencer impressed him with his exciting concept of evolution, a principle which Jackson realized was applicable to the functions and disorders of the nervous system. Jackson and Spencer corresponded over a period of at least 37 years but they were not friends, their personal qualities being very different. Revered by his colleagues, even though they may not have fully understood what he was trying to say, Jackson became a legend in his own lifetime and an inspiration to neurologists who succeeded him.

  3. Agreement between the Board of Trustees of Community College District #509, Elgin Community College, and the Elgin Community College Faculty Association, IFT Chapter 3791, January 1, 1988 through December 31, 1990.

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    Elgin Community Coll., IL.

    The collective bargaining agreement between the Elgin Community College Faculty Association and the Board of Trustees of Community College District Number 509 is presented. This contract, covering the period from January 1, 1988 through December 31, 1990, deals with the following topics: bargaining agent recognition and bargaining unit;…

  4. La Guardia Community College: Where All the Students Intern

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    Heinemann, Harry N.

    1974-01-01

    Considered the development of La Guardia Community College, established under a mandate from the city of New York to be a cooperative education college becoming the first community college in the country fully committed to cooperative education. (Author/RK)

  5. Math College-Readiness of Texas Community College Students: A Multi-Year Analysis

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    Abraham, Reni A.

    2013-01-01

    Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the college-readiness in math of Texas community college students using archival data from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). Data analyzed were the rate of all first-time in college (FTIC) developmental education students who scored below the Texas college-readiness standards…

  6. Interdistrict Enrollment. California Community Colleges.

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    California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor.

    California community colleges inherit their statutes on interdistrict enrollment from those in force for California elementary and secondary schools. Prior to 1978, statutory restrictions on students enrolling in a college outside the district in which they lived were tied to the method of funding. A 1978 change in funding methodology, followed by…

  7. Building Communities: How Rural Community Colleges Develop Their Communities and the People Who Live in Them

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    Miller, Michael T.; Tuttle, Courtney C.

    2007-01-01

    Community colleges in rural environments provide a variety of services. There is a great deal of documentation supporting those services that are academic and economic. The noneconomic and nonacademic results of community college activities, however, have an undocumented yet significant impact on local communities. The current study focused on how…

  8. 76 FR 19150 - Jackson National Life Insurance Company, et al.

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-04-06

    ... Life Insurance Company, et al. March 31, 2011. AGENCY: The Securities and Exchange Commission...: Jackson National Life Insurance Company (``Jackson''), Jackson National Separate Account--I (the ``JNL Separate Account''), Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York (``JNLNY'') and collectively with...

  9. What Motivates the Community College Rogue Trustee?

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    O'Banion, Terry

    2009-01-01

    Approximately 6500 elected or appointed trustees govern local community colleges in 36 states. The great majority of these trustees are extraordinary citizens motivated by the opportunity to provide service to their communities and to their colleges. On occasion, a trustee emerges whose motivations do not support the common good; some of these…

  10. The Funding of Community Colleges: Formulas & Governance

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    Mullin, Christopher M.; Honeyman, David S.

    2008-01-01

    This study identified governing state entities charged with the development of a funding formula for community colleges. Analysis of the data revealed that 40 states utilized a funding formula. Twenty-one states had a "Higher Education" entity with governing control of the formula, 5 states had a "Community College" entity with distinct funding…

  11. Model for Participatory Governance for Community Colleges.

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    Nichols, Suzanne

    A model for participatory governance is developed as a means to better achieve the community college's broad goals and objectives. These are contrasted with those of 4-year institutions using student screening and selection devices, and high schools with their different educational emphasis. It presents the conflict faced by the community college:…

  12. Corrections Education. Washington's Community and Technical Colleges

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    Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2015

    2015-01-01

    The Washington State Department of Corrections contracts with community colleges to provide basic education and job training at each of the state's 12 adult prisons so upon release, individuals are more likely to get jobs and less likely to return. Washington State community colleges build a bridge for offenders to successfully re-enter…

  13. Leadership in Transition: The Community College Presidency.

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    Vaughan, George B.

    Stemming from the author's personal experiences, interviews, research, and needs expressed by individuals in the community college field, this book examines issues currently facing community college presidents and argues for a change in leadership to meet the needs of a new era in higher education. Chapter 1 briefly describes the role of the…

  14. Why Community College Students Need Great Books

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    Anderson, J. M.

    2013-01-01

    As community colleges increasingly embrace their vocational role at the expense of their general education mission, the author of this chapter argues that a curriculum centered on a "Great Books" canon as developed by Mortimer Adler in the 1920s would revitalize liberal education at community colleges and serve both the general education…

  15. Reforming College Governance. New Directions for Community Colleges, No. 10.

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    Richardson, Richard C., Jr., Ed.

    1975-01-01

    The articles presented here reveal the current status of community college governance. Topics discussed are: three models of college governance and their interrelationships; participatory governance in Canada; preparing student, faculty, and administrative leaders to understand basic institutional and individual needs and to operative in…

  16. A Partnership for a Community College in Chile

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    McCrink, Carmen L.; Whitford, Heidi

    2017-01-01

    This chapter describes the results of case study research on a partnership between a community college in the United States and a university in Chile that attempted to develop the first community college system in Chile.

  17. Learning Communities for Students in Developmental Math: Impact Studies at Queensborough and Houston Community Colleges

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    Weissman, Evan; Butcher, Kristin F.; Schneider, Emily; Teres, Jedediah; Collado, Herbert; Greenberg, David

    2011-01-01

    Queensborough Community College and Houston Community College are two large, urban institutions that offer learning communities for their developmental math students, with the goals of accelerating students' progress through the math sequence and of helping them to perform better in college and ultimately earn degrees or certificates. They are…

  18. Antelope Valley Community College District Education Center.

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    Newmyer, Joe

    An analysis is provided of a proposal to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges by the Antelope Valley Community College District (AVCCD) to develop an education center in Palmdale to accommodate rapid growth. First, pros and cons are discussed for the following major options: (1) increase utilization and/or expand the…

  19. Online Student Services at the Community College

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    Hornak, Anne M.; Akweks, Kayeri; Jeffs, Madeline

    2010-01-01

    The use of online technology in community colleges has exploded over the past two decades, changing the manner in which services need to be delivered to students. This chapter examines online student services at the community college, beginning with a brief historical overview of the growth of online student services. The authors then explore…

  20. A Framing Primer for Community College Leaders

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    Nausieda, Ryan

    2014-01-01

    The purpose of this article is to be a tool for community college leaders, as well as campus members, to positively and effectively utilize framing on their campuses. The fictional case of Maggie Pascal at Midwestern Community College illustrates the process of framing the change of a new partnership with Wind Energy Corporation to internal…

  1. The Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

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    Perlstein, Linda

    2011-01-01

    The nation's community colleges share a common and vital purpose: preparing students--young and working adults--for jobs and continued academic study. Today, over 7 million community college students strive to attain a degree that will expand their opportunity, whether they aim to graduate directly into the workforce or continue on to seek a…

  2. The Cohen Contribution to Community College Leadership

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    Eaton, Judith S.

    2007-01-01

    Arthur M. Cohen has spoken to community college leaders on a diverse array of issues for many years. This article focuses on his contributions to this leadership in three major areas: (a) providing a vision of community colleges as collegiate institutions, (b) offering valuable and thought-provoking insight into the current context for community…

  3. International Education at Community Colleges: Themes, Practices, and Case Studies

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    Latiner Raby, Rosalind, Ed.; Valeau, Edward J., Ed.

    2016-01-01

    This book brings together distinguished scholars, community college practitioners, and emerging leaders to expand upon existing theories, provide reflection on practice, and demonstrate the dynamic nature of community college internationalization. There is a special challenge for United States community colleges to move from selected international…

  4. Rural Colleges as Catalysts for Community Change: The RCCI Experience.

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    Rubin, Sarah

    2001-01-01

    The Rural Community College Initiative challenges colleges in economically distressed regions to become catalysts for economic and community development and improved access to education. Led by college-community teams, the 24 sites have experimented with strategic approaches that include leadership development, entrepreneurship education, small…

  5. Black Female Community College Students' Satisfaction: A National Regression Analysis

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    Strayhorn, Terrell L.; Johnson, Royel M.

    2014-01-01

    Data from the Community College Student Experiences Questionnaire were analyzed for a sample of 315 Black women attending community colleges. Specifically, we conducted multivariate analyses to assess the relationship between background traits, commitments, engagement, academic performance, and satisfaction for Black women at community colleges.…

  6. Community College Funding

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    Waller, Lee; Glasscock, Herlinda M.; Glasscock, Ronnie L.; Fulton-Calkins, Patsy J.

    2006-01-01

    This article presents a practitioner's funding model indicative of the primary revenue streams of community colleges in Texas. Methodology is developed to identify internal and external processes for the comparison of these primary revenue streams on a per-contact-hour basis. Student tuition, ad valorem property tax, maintenance taxing district,…

  7. PLANNERS AND PLANNING, A REPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PLANNING CENTER ON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACILITIES.

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    MAYHEW, LEWIS B.

    GROWTH OF STUDENT POPULATIONS AND THE KNOWLEDGE EXPANSION NECESSITATE CAREFUL PLANNING IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. PLANT PLANNING DEPENDS ON INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM PLANNING, STAFF EMPLOYMENT AND ORGANIZATION, STUDENT PLANNING, FUNDING AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS. PLANNING SHOULD INVOLVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, LIBRARIAN, FACULTY, OTHER STAFF,…

  8. Context, "Cuckoo's Nest," and the Community College

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    Shafer, Gregory

    2016-01-01

    The community college is an excellent place for the creation of a special, more empowering learning context. Unlike the university, where students are supposed to adjust to the world of scholarly erudition, the community college is the crazy academic brother that has the freedom to be different and to liberate students to build upon their own…

  9. California Community College Trustees. Report Number One.

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    Wilbur, Leslie; Sheldon, M. Stephen

    As part of a larger study of the efficacy of the local boards of trustees for California's community colleges, the chief executive officer (CEO) of each community college district was surveyed to determine what proportion of the more than 400 board members in the state were women, what the current or recent vocations of the board members were, and…

  10. Coast Community College: The Learning Society, California Style

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    Real, James

    1978-01-01

    Community colleges in the California Coast Community College district have capitalized on a burgeoning adult education clientele and the public television boom to acquire one of the fasting growing and most venturesome education systems in the world. (Author/LBH)

  11. Working It Out: Community Colleges and the Workforce Investment Act

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    Visher, Mary G.; Fowler, Donna

    2006-01-01

    Not since the Depression, when the unemployed flocked to community colleges for training, have community colleges been more squarely in the workforce development spotlight than now. Long recognized for providing affordable access to students seeking associate's degrees or transfer to four-year postsecondary institutions, community colleges have…

  12. Validation of an Instrument to Measure Community College Student Satisfaction

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    Zhai, Lijuan

    2012-01-01

    This article reports the development and validation of a survey instrument to measure community college students' satisfaction with their educational experiences. The initial survey included 95 questions addressing community college student experiences. Data were collected from 558 community college students during spring of 2001. An exploratory…

  13. Student Housing Market Analysis: Ketchikan Community College.

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    Fink (Ira) and Associates, Berkeley, CA.

    This 13-part report presents the results of a study to determine whether Ketchikan Community College (KCC) should provide student housing over the next 10 years. Section I introduces the purpose of the study, the college, the prevalence of college-supplied student housing at two-year colleges, and study methodology. Section II summarizes the major…

  14. Community Leadership through Community-Based Programming: The Role of the Community College.

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    Boone, Edgar J.; And Others

    Organized around 15 tasks involved in the community-based programming (CBP) process, this book provides practical, field-tested guidance on successfully implementing CBP in community colleges. Following prefatory materials, the following chapters are provided: (1) "An Introduction to the Community-Based Programming Process" (Edgar J.…

  15. Reading Area Community College Community Needs Assessment Telephone Survey.

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    Reading Area Community Coll., PA.

    A telephone survey was conducted in 1981 at Reading Area Community College (RACC) to determine the educational needs of the community, particularly those of prospective students and employers. More specifically, the study sought to determine how the Berks County community perceived the quality of education provided at RACC and to ascertain the…

  16. Broadening Participation: Mentoring Community College Students in a Geoscience REU

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Smith, M.; Osborn, J.

    2015-12-01

    Increasingly, REUs are recruiting from community colleges as a means of broadening participation of underrepresented minorities, women, and low-income students in STEM. As inclusion of community college students becomes normalized, defining the role of science faculty and preparing them to serve as mentors to community college students is a key component of well-designed programs. This session will present empirical research regarding faculty mentoring in the first two years of an NSF-REU grant to support community college students in a university's earth and environmental science labs. Given the documented benefits of undergraduate research on students' integration into the scientific community and their career trajectory in STEM, the focus of the investigation has been on the processes and impact of mentoring community college STEM researchers at a university serving a more traditionally privileged population; the degree to which the mentoring relationships have addressed community college students needs including their emotional, cultural and resource needs; and gaps in mentor training and the mentoring relationship identified by mentors and students.

  17. Pocket Profile of Community Colleges: Trends & Statistics, 1995-1996.

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    Association of Community College Trustees, Washington, DC.

    Using data from the National Center for Education Statistics, Bureau of the Census, and other sources, this pamphlet presents current information on community college students; college outcomes and impact; community college staff, governance, and expenditures; and tuition and financial aid. In addition, trends in enrollments, numbers of…

  18. Managing Organizational Change in the Community College. ERIC Digest.

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    Kozeracki, Carol

    This digest discusses two recurrent themes presented in the New Directions for Community Colleges volume titled "Organizational Change in the Community College: Ripple or Sea Change?" First, change in the external environment is accelerating, and colleges must respond to these changes to thrive. External environmental influences include…

  19. Texas Community College Fundraising: Strategies for Meeting Future Financial Needs

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    Garcia, Esmeralda

    2009-01-01

    While the entire weakened economy has had serious implications for higher education and the public investment in the mission of community college, the literature reveals a limited amount of research regarding the types, prevalence, and accountability of more sophisticated fundraising efforts in community colleges. Community colleges are seeking to…

  20. Process and progress: John Hughlings Jackson's philosophy of science.

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    Jacyna, L Stephen

    2011-10-01

    Some scepticism has been voiced over whether the work of John Hughlings Jackson possesses any significant philosophical orientation. This article argues that Hughlings Jackson was acquainted with the work of a wide range of philosophers. In particular, certain aspects of the writings of John Stuart Mill are reflected in Hughlings Jackson's own work. From early in his career, Hughlings Jackson adopted a critical stance in his neurological papers, seeking to expose shortcomings in the conventional practices of his peers and urging greater methodological rigour and sophistication in order to advance their science. This critical and 'procedurist' bias endows Hughlings Jackson's writings with a characteristically modern character.

  1. The Community College Penalty? Examining the Bachelor's Completion Rates of Community College Transfer Students as a Function of Time

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    Lichtenberger, Eric; Dietrich, Cecile

    2017-01-01

    Objective: Recent studies have shown that community college transfer students are just as likely to graduate with a bachelor's degree as students who directly enroll in a 4-year institution. However, these studies do not typically examine whether there is a penalty for community college students in terms of the length of time it takes to complete…

  2. 100% Online College Physics at Chemeketa Community College

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Jensen, Erik L.

    2006-12-01

    Chemeketa Community College has offered college physics in an entirely online format since fall term of 2005. This poster will provide information on the format of the course including the student lab kits. This poster will also provide data on the success of the course as quantified by recruitment, retention, and performance of students. This data from online students will be presented alongside data from students in the same course taught simultaneously in a traditional format.

  3. Helping Prepare Community College Students to Make the Transition from College to Work

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    Bradley, Lagena Arlette

    2010-01-01

    The purpose of the study was to investigate students' perceptions about the need for more student training on making the transition from community college enrollment to employment. The hypothesis was that community college students would perceive that additional career counseling services would help them transition successfully into the world of…

  4. Chattanooga State Technical Community College Marketing Plan 1981-82.

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    Hoppe, Sherry; Haddock, David

    Chattanooga State Technical Community College's (CSTCC's) marketing plan is presented in six parallel sections. The first of these deals with building the overall image of the college, increasing community awareness, and disseminating general information. The other five sections focus on marketing the following college programs and services:…

  5. Towards a Flexible Language Lab for Community Colleges.

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    Conway, Diana

    1992-01-01

    Suggestions are offered for ways to modify a typical community college language laboratory to serve diverse student needs. The discussion is based on experiences of Anchorage Community College, which modeled its lab on a learning resources center rather than a traditional lab. (LB)

  6. Community Colleges: The (Often Rocky) Path to the American Dream

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    Merrow, John

    2007-01-01

    In the nearly two years that the author spent on community-college campuses in California, New York, Illinois, and Colorado, he met hundreds of dedicated but often frustrated teachers and administrators. In this article, the author describes what he experienced in the community colleges, identifies the shortcomings of community colleges, and…

  7. Transitioning Roles of Post-Secondary Education and Community Colleges Worldwide

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    Wiseman, Alexander W.; Chase-Mayoral, Audree

    2013-01-01

    This special issue of Research in Comparative and International Education investigates the spread and development of two-year and community college institutions worldwide. While not all post-secondary education falls within the scope or definition of community colleges, both post-secondary and community college education tend to serve the needs of…

  8. Succession Planning for Community Colleges: A Study of Best Practices

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    McMaster, Susan Marie

    2012-01-01

    The purpose of this study is to apply best practices for succession planning to community colleges. Succession planning is relevant to management practices in community colleges because there is a surge in retirements in higher education from the "baby boomer" generation. Community colleges need to implement a succession plan to ensure…

  9. Community College Students and Federal Student Financial Aid: A Primer

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    Juszkiewicz, Jolanta

    2014-01-01

    The federal government plays an indispensable role in helping community college students pay for their education. It is hard to imagine today's community college campuses without needs-based federal student aid, such as the Pell Grant program and subsidized loans. There are, however, significant differences between community college students and…

  10. Washington State Community College Operating Budget, 1985-87. Management Summary.

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    Washington State Board for Community Coll. Education, Olympia.

    A summary is presented of the 1985-87 community college operating budget request for the Washington State Community colleges, along with a description of the policy considerations inherent in the request and the anticipated effect of the request on community college programs. The philosophy and objectives underpinning the budget request are…

  11. A Portfolio of Community College Initiatives in Rural Economic Development.

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    Thomas, Margaret G.

    Community colleges across the United States have initiated programs that are making an impact on the productivity of rural America and its residents. Profiles of 20 community and technical college initiatives in rural economic development are contained in this report intended for use by community and technical college administrators. The programs…

  12. No Crystal Stair: Narratives of Female Community College Presidents of Color

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    Wise, Camille Broussard

    2013-01-01

    The California Community College system is the largest system of higher education in the nation, with 2.6 million students attending 112 colleges. Community colleges are integral to workforce development, economic recovery, and an accessible and affordable gateway for transfer to four-year universities. While community college student population…

  13. Community Colleges Mobilize to Train Cybersecurity Workers

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    Parry, Marc

    2009-01-01

    If you work at a community college that teaches cybersecurity, it pays to be located in the backyard of a spy agency. Just don't ask Kelly A. Koermer, administrator of the Anne Arundel Community College, what's inside those dark towers at Fort Meade. She points out other highlights of the restricted region: an employees-only exit off the highway,…

  14. MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS PLAN.

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    Caudill, Rowlett, Scott and Associates, Bryan, TX.

    THE MASTER PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAMPUS OF THE NEW MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS, SITE ANALYSIS DATA AND BUILDING PLANS. THE EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS ARE BASED UPON COMMUNITY NEEDS AND ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, AND REFLECT SPACE REQUIREMENTS. IN THE SITE ANALYSIS, FACTORS SUCH AS TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATE,…

  15. Community Colleges and Economic Development.

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    Gallego, Augustine

    This document argues that regions that sustain economic growth or recover rapidly from economic slumps are often the same communities that have aggressively developed and continue to strengthen collaborations with business and industry, universities, community colleges, high schools, and other key public and private sector entities. In San Diego…

  16. Illinois Community College System Results Report, Fiscal Year 2000.

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    Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield.

    The document relates the results of the reports of Illinois' community colleges, which provide continuing evidence that the colleges and the Illinois Community College Board are pursuing the statewide goals for Illinois higher education. The Results Report provides information for each of the six statewide goals identified in the Illinois…

  17. Directing Community College Human Services in the 1980's.

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    Philbin, Alice; And Others

    The human service functions of community colleges are extremely diverse, and few are common to all institutions; however, community colleges share certain characteristics which distinguish them from other organizations providing human services. Among these is the degree to which colleges must interact with and be influenced by the laws and…

  18. Community College Enrollment Surge: An Analysis of Estimated Fall 2009 Headcount Enrollments at Community Colleges. Policy Brief 2009-01PBL

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    Mullin, Christopher M.; Phillippe, Kent

    2009-01-01

    In an attempt to better understand how community colleges responded to the economic maelstrom, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) surveyed its member institutions to examine changes in enrollment, local factors contributing to enrollment shifts, and the lessons learned from their experiences. The authors found the following: (1)…

  19. Jackson Park Hospital Green Building Medical Center

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    William Dorsey; Nelson Vasquez

    2010-03-31

    Jackson Park Hospital completed the construction of a new Medical Office Building on its campus this spring. The new building construction has adopted the City of Chicago's recent focus on protecting the environment, and conserving energy and resources, with the introduction of green building codes. Located in a poor, inner city neighborhood on the South side of Chicago, Jackson Park Hospital has chosen green building strategies to help make the area a better place to live and work. The new green building houses the hospital's Family Medicine Residency Program and Specialty Medical Offices. The residency program has been vital inmore » attracting new, young physicians to this medically underserved area. The new outpatient center will also help to allure needed medical providers to the community. The facility also has areas designated to women's health and community education. The Community Education Conference Room will provide learning opportunities to area residents. Emphasis will be placed on conserving resources and protecting our environment, as well as providing information on healthcare access and preventive medicine. The new Medical Office Building was constructed with numerous energy saving features. The exterior cladding of the building is an innovative, locally-manufactured precast concrete panel system with integral insulation that achieves an R-value in excess of building code requirements. The roof is a 'green roof' covered by native plantings, lessening the impact solar heat gain on the building, and reducing air conditioning requirements. The windows are low-E, tinted, and insulated to reduce cooling requirements in summer and heating requirements in winter. The main entrance has an air lock to prevent unconditioned air from entering the building and impacting interior air temperatures. Since much of the traffic in and out of the office building comes from the adjacent Jackson Park Hospital, a pedestrian bridge connects the two buildings, further

  20. Community Colleges: General Information and Resources. ERIC Digest.

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    Foote, Elizabeth

    This digest offers general information about American community colleges and lists a variety of sources of additional information about these institutions. The digest provides the defining characteristics of community colleges and information on their curricula; statistics on enrollments and student characteristics; information on faculty…

  1. Administrative Rules of the Illinois Community College Board.

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    Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield.

    This document is a collection of administrative rules of the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). It is divided into seven subparts: Illinois Community College Board Administration; Local District Administration; Programs; Students; Finance; Capital Projects; and Personnel. Highlights are as follows: Independent organizations may be considered…

  2. The Learning Needs of Community College Emerging Scholars

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    Walsh, Janet K.

    2016-01-01

    The community college mission has always centered on providing higher education opportunities for all people (American Association of Community Colleges [AACC], 2015a; Bailey, Jaggars, & Jenkins, 2015; Dassance, 2011; Dotzler, 2003; Greenburg, 2008; Schuh, Jones, Harper, & Associates, 2011). However, many students who enrolled at the…

  3. Changing the Face of Research: Tribal Colleges Address Community Well-Being

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    Bird, Dorreen Yellow

    2007-01-01

    The article focuses on public health research projects which are being conducted at two Indian colleges; Candeska Cikana Community College in Fort Trotten, North Dakota and Turtle Mountain Community College in Belcourt, North Dakota. Candeska Community College was given a 6 year grant funded by the National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and…

  4. Describing the Non-Liberal Arts Community College Curriculum. ERIC Digest.

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    Ignash, Jan

    While national trends in liberal arts course offerings in community colleges have been charted for many years, trends in non-liberal courses have not been similarly mapped. In an effort to gain a better understanding of the entire community college curriculum, the Center for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC), in Los Angeles, California,…

  5. Marketing Strategy for Community College Programs.

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    Coffee, Linda; Miller, Bob W.

    1980-01-01

    Traces the expansion of marketing in postsecondary education. Enumerates the goals of Prince George's Community College's marketing task force. Defines marketing and suggests strategies for targeting marketing efforts toward high school students, business and industry, the general public, and students within the college. (AYC)

  6. Decision Making Structures in Community Colleges.

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    Konrad, Abram G.

    The governance of community colleges in western Canada is increasingly influenced by the activities of federal and regional agencies, provincial legislatures, professional and trade associations, and advisory committees. Decision-making is increasingly centralized so that programs are standardized, procedures are routinized, and colleges lack…

  7. Issues of Class and Culture in Today's Community Colleges.

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    Rendon, Laura I.

    New researchers on community colleges, such as Rob Rhoads, Estela Bensimon, Bill Tierney, James Valadez, Berta Laden, and Romero Jalomo, are exploring new conceptual frameworks to guide thinking about the transformation of community colleges from mere open-access institutions into colleges that make a difference in the lives of students who have…

  8. Understanding the Academic Struggles of Community College Student Athletes

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    Demas, Jason

    2017-01-01

    When students begin their education at community colleges, they may face more obstacles to obtaining their college education than students starting in four-year institutions. Research has shown the importance of academic and student services in the support of student athletes, that community college student athletes are often at academic risk, and…

  9. The South's Rural Community Colleges in the New Millennium.

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    Rosenfeld, Stuart A.

    2000-01-01

    During the second half of the 20th century, two-year colleges in the rural South were transformed from "junior" appendages of other institutions to community colleges that responded to the needs of local workers and businesses. This paper examines how the South's rural community colleges contribute to economic development today and what…

  10. Disaster Training: Monroe Community College

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    McConkey, Diane

    2005-01-01

    This article discusses Monroe Community College's CERT (Community Emergency Response Team), a program designed to help neighborhoods and work sites prepare for effective disaster response through training and planning. The program requires 24 hours of theoretical and hands-on practice in self-help and mutual-aid emergency functions. CERT personnel…

  11. Back from the Future: Community Demands Reshape a College.

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    Doty, Ralph; And Others

    When given the opportunity to plan a new community learning center, Lakeland Community College's program planners sought the assistance of The College Board's Office of Adult Learning and Services. Thousands of scientifically weighted interviews involving households, students, and business leaders were evaluated to determine the community's…

  12. How Smith Cleared the Way for More Transfer Students from a Community College.

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    Geraghty, Mary

    1997-01-01

    Smith College (Massachusetts) has established formal articulation agreements with Santa Monica College (California) and Miami-Dade Community College (Florida) to grant credit to community college students transferring to the private college. Vassar College (New York) is another private liberal arts college seeking more community college transfer…

  13. Urban Community Colleges Transfer Opportunities Program, Ford Foundation. Project Report.

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    Roberts, Ken C.; Warren, Elizabeth

    This project report describes the participation of South Mountain Community College (SMCC), in Phoenix, Arizona, in the Ford Foundation's Urban Community Colleges Transfer Opportunities Program, and the activities developed at the college to guide students from the beginning of their college careers at SMCC through their transfer and retention at…

  14. Oklahoma and Texas Completion Policies for Community Colleges

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    Rankin, David A.; Scott, Joyce A.; Kim, JoHyun

    2015-01-01

    This study measured the effectiveness of and differences between Oklahoma's Brain Gain and Texas' Closing the Gaps policies to enhance degree completion of students at community colleges. Descriptive statistics and independent-samples "t" tests were conducted utilizing data from community colleges' 3-year graduation rates from the…

  15. Teaching Leadership in Technical Programs at Community Colleges

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    DeBlauw, Amanda L.; Daugherty, Jenny L.

    2017-01-01

    This descriptive study explored how community colleges are teaching leadership in technical programs. Leadership education curricular offerings were identified via a survey and selected programs reviewed. 68 Deans, Directors, or Chairpersons of a Business, Management, or Technology program completed the survey, representing 61 community colleges.…

  16. Kirkwood Community College: A Leader in Turbulent Times

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    Root, Cynthia

    2005-01-01

    With its global vision, community partners and cutting edge curriculum, Kirkwood Community College has become a leader in emergency preparedness and response training. The college is integrally involved with a variety of training consortia and entities including HMTRI (Hazardous Materials Training Research Institute), PETE (Partnership for…

  17. The Creative Community College: Leading Change through Innovation

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    Roueche, John E., Ed.; Richardson, M. Melissa, Ed.; Neal, Phillip W., Ed.; Roueche, Suanne D., Ed.

    2008-01-01

    This book provides 14 profiles of innovative and transformational leadership at community colleges. The experience and knowledge shared by the contributors demonstrate how community colleges are adapting creatively to rapidly changing economies, technologies, and education standards. Each of the chapters tells a story of unique challenges and…

  18. Sources and Information: Media Relations in Community Colleges.

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    Tobolowsky, Barbara

    2000-01-01

    Presents an annotated bibliography of recent ERIC documents that provide insight into the public perception of community colleges, the potential influence of the media on public opinion regarding community colleges, institutional relations with the media, and the role that Web pages play in strategic marketing. (VWC)

  19. Community College Faculty Development Program and Student Achievement

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    Perez, Aaron M.; McShannon, Judy; Hynes, Pat

    2012-01-01

    Community college administrators look for strategies to help students. GRASP (Gaining Retention and Achievement for Students Program) is a semester-long faculty development program that coaches community college instructors about simple, effective teaching strategies that promote student academic achievement. GRASP is founded on the belief that…

  20. Does College Focus Matter? Explaining Differences in Labor Market Outcomes among Community Colleges

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    Dunn, Michael; Kalleberg, Arne L.

    2017-01-01

    The evolution of community colleges from their origins as junior colleges to institutions with dual missions to provide both academic and workforce preparation raises questions about the impact of a college's mission focus on their students' labor market success. We examine this question using the 58 colleges in the North Carolina Community…

  1. Cost Benefit Analysis. Community College of Vermont.

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    Parker, Charles A.

    A cost benefit analysis of the Community College of Vermont revealed that (1) the proportions of State support of the total budgets for Vermont's institutions of higher education are 22.7% at UVM, 37.2% at the VSC, and 12.7% for the Community College; (2) tuition is budgeted for FY73 to generate 27% of total cost at UVM, 29.6% at the VSC, and…

  2. At Issue: Survival Tactics for Small, Rural-Serving Community Colleges

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    Hicks, Clyde; Jones, Stephanie J.

    2011-01-01

    Currently, a majority of two-year colleges in the United States are located in rural areas. Small, rural-serving community colleges are instrumental to the survival of the communities they reside in, as well as vital to the stakeholders they serve. How does being a rural community college present specialized challenges and in what ways do the…

  3. Consequences of 1983-84 Budget Cuts for California Community Colleges.

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    Hayward, Gerald C.

    This report from the Chancellor to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges highlights the consequences of 1983-84 budget cuts for the state's community colleges. First, the projected effects of the Governor's veto of $232 million in community college funding are outlined, i.e., a 12% decline in real buying power for the…

  4. The States, Communities, and Control of the Community College: Issues and Recommendations.

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    Bender, Louis W.

    The steady drift toward state control of community college education is a growing issue of concern. This movement has not come from significant changes in the authority or responsibilities of the state community college boards or agencies so much as from a variety of other national and state precursors. This document attempts to establish the…

  5. 10 Myths & Realities about Community College Teacher Education Programs. Second Edition

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    Maricopa Community Colleges, 2009

    2009-01-01

    As community colleges emerge as a solution to the teacher quality and shortage issue, the National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs (NACCTEP) created this pamphlet in an attempt to dispel any misperceptions individuals may have about the community college role in teacher education. "10 Myths About Community College…

  6. Leadership, Engagement, and the Small Liberal Arts College: Albion College and the Smart Community.

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    Mitchell, Peter T.; Levine, Myron A.

    2001-01-01

    Describes the development of a new transformational vision for Albion College in Michigan, which led to a community envisioning process off campus. The result was a new city-college partnership designed to promote the development of the city of Albion as "The Smart Community." (EV)

  7. A Policy Analysis of Missouri Community College Residence Hall Discipline Policies with an Analysis of Changes in the State Fair Community College Residence Hall Policy

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    Gilgour, Joseph G.

    2012-01-01

    Community colleges in the United States have long been known as institutions of equal opportunity and affordable education. One facet of student life appearing at more and more community colleges is the addition of residence halls. Still, the number of community colleges with on-campus living is relatively small, and for the campuses with…

  8. In Line for the Presidency: The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Leadership Competencies and the Career Development of Women Leaders in Community College Administration

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    Porter, Autumn Rene

    2017-01-01

    Though women make up the majority of community college students, faculty and staff, only 36% of community college presidents nationwide are female. With a significant number of presidential retirements on the horizon, there could be many opportunities for women in line for a community college presidency to take the next step along their career…

  9. Community Collaboration: A Creative Partnership with Catonsville Community College.

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    Marrow, Alvin J.; McLaughlin, Jack

    Catonsville Community College (CCC), in Maryland, has developed partnerships with business, industry, government, and other educational institutions to address the educational needs of the community. Programs established as a result of these partnerships include the following: (1) an automotive technology program sponsored by major automobile…

  10. "Hipster Freshman": Popular Culture's Portrayal of Community College Students

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    Hawk, Jena L.; Hill, Lilian H.

    2016-01-01

    Due to its seemingly unclear and ambiguous mission, the community college has somewhat of a stigma attached to it, as the four-year institution defines the American college experience (LaPaglia, 1994). Although only a few studies concerning media portrayals of community college students have been published within the last 20 years, the existing…

  11. Capital Projects Manual for the Illinois Public Community Colleges.

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    Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield.

    This manual is designed primarily for use by those persons at Illinois public community colleges who are responsible for planning and keeping records of college facilities. The Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) is mandated by law to approve the expenditure of state funds for purchase of sites and the construction of facilities and to…

  12. Classifying Community Colleges Based on Students' Patterns of Use

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    Bahr, Peter Riley

    2013-01-01

    In this study, I draw on Bahr's ("Research in Higher Education" 51:724-749, 2010; New Directions for Institutional Research S1:33-48, 2011) behavioral typology of first-time community college students to examine college-level variation in students' patterns of use of 105 community colleges in California. I find that students' patterns of…

  13. Teaching Sociology in the Community College.

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    Bradford, S. Y.

    1980-01-01

    Examines the difficulty of determining sociology course objectives for the diverse student populations at community colleges. Argues that sociology instructors, in light of this diversity, should use a combination of teaching modalities and should stress content relating to college survival skills, enhanced social awareness, and increased…

  14. Online CTE in the Community College

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    Garza Mitchell, Regina L.; Etshim, Rachal; Dietz, Brian T.

    2016-01-01

    This single-site case study explored how one community college integrated online education into CTE courses and programs. Through semi-structured interviews and document analysis, the study explores how one college integrated online education (fully online, hybrid, and web-enhanced) into areas typically considered "hands-on".…

  15. Community College Teacher Education Pathways: A Michigan Study

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    Belknap, Mary Colleen

    2009-01-01

    This study explored the components of six Michigan community college teacher education programs that were members of Michigan Association of Community Colleges in Educator Preparation (MACCEP) in 2006-2007. Data were collected from face to face interviews and institutional resources. Each interviewee was an identified "champion" of their…

  16. Applying Cultura in the Community College Counseling Practice

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    Arteaga, Blanca E.

    2015-01-01

    Latino students represent the fastest-growing population in the state of California, the United States, and the California Community College (CCC) system. Unfortunately, compared to other ethnic groups, Latino community college students continue to lag academically. Given the importance of counseling services and the scarce research related to…

  17. Student Persistence Predictors and Community College Institutional Effectiveness

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    Shelley, Jeffrey Lee

    2013-01-01

    The purpose of this study was to expand the literature on student persistence in community colleges through three research innovations. First, the literature on student persistence in community colleges was expanded by applying theory to the identification and testing of predictors. Second, it was expanded by validating retention prediction…

  18. Advertising's Effect on Community College Search and Choice

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    Tucciarone, Kristy

    2008-01-01

    The purpose of this qualitative study is to analyze how advertising affects a student's search and community college choice among the plethora of community colleges, career/technical schools, universities, and other influencers. The results of the research indicate that parents, friends, high school counselors, economics (i.e., money), and…

  19. Where Is the Research on Community College Students?

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    Crisp, Gloria; Carales, Vincent D.; Núñez, Anne-Marie

    2016-01-01

    An understanding of where community college scholarship is published can be beneficial to practitioners seeking to identify and use scholarly evidence to support policies and programs that promote student success. Such an understanding will also benefit aspiring and new scholars seeking to identify community college scholarship. Unfortunately,…

  20. New Studies Track Community College Effects on Students.

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    Pascarella, Ernest T.

    1999-01-01

    Argues for the importance of systematically studying the effects of community colleges on students. Research findings are reported on the following effects: attaining a bachelor's degree, labor market returns, economic returns, and developmental impact. Concludes that community colleges may be fostering student talent with the same degree of…

  1. Spirituality Matters: Spirituality and the Community College Leader

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    Walker, Monica Windley; McPhail, Christine Johnson

    2009-01-01

    The purpose of this study was to explore community college president and chancellor perceptions of the phenomenon of spirituality and the role of spirituality in their leadership style. A hermeneutic phenomenological research design guided this study. A total of 14 community college presidents and chancellors were purposely selected and…

  2. Faculty Perceptions of Plagiarism at Queensborough Community College

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    Marcus, Sara; Beck, Sheila

    2011-01-01

    The researchers surveyed English and Speech & Theater faculty members at Queensborough Community College on their perceptions of and attitudes toward plagiarism. The researchers used the Queensborough Community College Academic Integrity Policy as the basis for their analysis. Based on the responses received, it was determined that 50% of the…

  3. The Disconnect between Colleges and Their Communities.

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    Ruffins, Paul

    2002-01-01

    Explores how the situation in Prince George's County, Maryland, provides a fascinating case study of the structural and political issues that colleges face if they want to translate academic knowledge into real-world solutions. Focuses on Prince George's Community College; University of Maryland, College Park; and Bowie State University. (EV)

  4. The University of Hawaii Community Colleges, 1997.

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    Lee, Susan, Ed.

    1997-01-01

    This document consists of the seven issues of a newsletter concerned with Hawaiian Community Colleges published during 1997. Issue 1 discusses the Maui College Telethon and includes personal stories of academic success. Issue 2 examines distance education and includes descriptions of new programs and facilities for various Hawai'i colleges. Issue…

  5. Issue Brief: Community College and High School Partnerships

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    Barnett, Elisabeth; Hughes, Katherine

    2010-01-01

    In this Brief, the authors focus on partnerships between community colleges and high schools that may make it more likely for students to complete "three important milestones" on the road to college completion: (1) Enrollment in college; (2) College readiness at enrollment; and (3) Persistence in college. There is a broad range of goals and…

  6. Cooperative Education in the Community College.

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    Heinemann, Harry N.

    1988-01-01

    Since cooperative education addresses many student and institution needs, administrators and faculties of community colleges should turn their attention to it. The cooperative education community must provide the impetus that leads to understanding and acceptance. (JOW)

  7. Cracking Open the Curriculum: Lessons from a Community College

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    Hanson, Chad; Amelotte, Patrick

    2013-01-01

    Community colleges comprise the largest single sector of the US higher education network. Forty percent of undergraduates attend one of our two-year schools. Some estimates suggest that, since the turnover is quicker than on four-year campuses, two-thirds of the students who attend a college at all attend a community college. For many of those…

  8. Community and Videos: An Action Plan to Increase Success Rates in California Community College Developmental Mathematics

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    Long, Gary W.

    2010-01-01

    Success rates in California community college developmental mathematics courses have hovered around 50% for decades. These gatekeeper courses have prevented many students from earning college degrees. Since community college is the starting point for the majority of California's potential college graduates and the majority of these students…

  9. Coming to Terms with MOOCs: A Community College Angle

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    Fifield, Mary L.

    2013-01-01

    When MIT approached Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) to participate in edX, the new Harvard/MIT massive open online course (MOOC) initiative, the administrators reacted with both interest and skepticism. What did MIT have in mind for Bunker Hill Community College? Today at BHCC, the establishment of "Learning Communities" transforms…

  10. Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Compliance at Michigan Community Colleges

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    Custer, Bradley D.

    2018-01-01

    In 1989, Congress passed the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments to address illegal alcohol and drug abuse on college campuses. To receive federal funding, each college must comply by implementing an alcohol and drug prevention program, but the federal government and some colleges have paid little attention to this policy. Recently,…

  11. Using Wage Record Data To Track the Post-College Employment and Earnings of Community College Students.

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    Friedlander, Jack

    The Post-Education Employment Tracking System (PEETS), operated by the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges (CCC) in cooperation with the State of California's Employment Development Department (EDD), is an automated system for tracking the post-college employment rates and earnings of community college program completers and…

  12. Community College Economics Instruction: Results from a National Science Foundation Project

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    Maier, Mark; Chi, W. Edward

    2016-01-01

    The principal investigator of a National Science Foundation project, "Economics at Community Colleges," surveyed community college economics faculty and organized workshops, webinars, and regional meetings to address community college faculty isolation from new ideas in economics and economics instruction. Survey results, combined with…

  13. Faculty/Administration Relations in Community Colleges.

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    Kennett, Joyce A.

    The community college professoriate is characterized by a large reliance on part-time faculty, faculty unionization, a drive for educational technology, and the tendency to become part of a practitioner's culture and undervalue intellectual exchange. College administrators and governing boards, for their part, may see themselves as making…

  14. Lansing Community College Reorganization Overview Document.

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    Lansing Community Coll., MI.

    In response to an unstable economy and diminishing resources, Lansing Community College, in Michigan, initiated a college-wide reorganization in July 1993 to improve institutional effectiveness and increase efficiency. This paper provides a description of the reorganization process and organizational structure before and after the change. First, a…

  15. Analyzing Community College Student Transfer Rates.

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    Cohen, Arthur M.

    The community college mission includes such diverse goals as preparing students for job entry, teaching literacy, and satisfying students' personal interests. Measuring the colleges' transfer rates by no means tacitly elevates the transfer function above these other functions; it merely helps institutions estimate the effects of interventions on…

  16. Critical Components of Community College Enrollment Management Planning

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    Bucher, Karen Hart

    2010-01-01

    Enrollment management has become a common practice at four-year institutions, but has not been extensively explored at community colleges. As students have more educational options available to them, community colleges have begun to explore ways to grow their enrollment, improve student retention and increase graduation rates. This study explored…

  17. Final Report on 1989 Legislation Affecting Community Colleges.

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    California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor.

    A summary is provided of 1989 legislation of importance to California community colleges. The first section of the report provides an overview of the 1989 legislative year, including both federal and state issues. State highlights concern extensive negotiations over the allocation of funds to community colleges under the newly enacted Proposition…

  18. Illinois Community College Board Uniform Accounting Procedures Manual.

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    Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield.

    This manual was designed to provide chief finance officers and other administrators with a summary of laws and policies that relate to Illinois public community colleges and to provide a uniform system for accounting, budgeting, auditing, and reporting in the state's community colleges. After chapter I describes the fiscal philosophies and…

  19. Entrepreneurship Education in the Virginia Community College System.

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    Drury, Richard L.; Mallory, Walter D.

    2000-01-01

    Examines the extent of credit and non-credit offerings in entrepreneurship and small-business management in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). Indicates that entrepreneurship training and education is not a priority at all Virginia community colleges. Finds that there is strong demand for such offerings from students enrolled in the…

  20. Inadequate Financial Accountability in California's Community College System.

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    Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy, Sacramento.

    In August 1985, the Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy initiated a study of California's community college system to assess the adequacy of financial accountability in the system. Two hearings, interviews, and analyses of extensive data, yielded the following findings: (1) 25% of the community college districts had…

  1. Implementing Quality Service-Learning Programs in Community Colleges

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    Vaknin, Lauren Weiner; Bresciani, Marilee J.

    2013-01-01

    This cross-case comparative study at Western Community College and the University of the Coast explored through a constructive lens the characteristics that lead to sustainable, high quality service-learning programs and how they are implemented at institutions of higher education. The researchers determined that both Western Community College and…

  2. Los Angeles Community Colleges Information Digest [1998-99].

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    Kelly, Dexter; Prather, George

    This digest presents information about the Los Angeles Community Colleges and their students using tables, charts, and narrative text that emphasize trends and changes during the past twenty years. Statistical highlights include: (1) in 1998, Los Angeles Community College enrollment declined by 45 students overall (East and Valley had the highest…

  3. Hispanic Students and Transfer in the Community College.

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    Cohen, Arthur M.

    A discussion is presented of Hispanic community college students and the prospects and problems related to their transfer to four-year institutions and progress toward the baccalaureate degree. First, the question of Hispanic student transfer rates is placed in the context of community college enrollment/transfer patterns in general and Hispanic…

  4. A Role for Community Colleges in Navy Training.

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    Golfin, Peggy A.; White, John D.; Curtin, Lisa A.

    This document from the Center for Naval Analysis (CNA) discusses the role of community colleges in Navy training. CNA conducted a study to discover whether outsourcing courses such as air conditioning and refrigeration and information systems administration to community colleges was feasible and cost effective. Analyses focused on two community…

  5. Community College Student Mental Health: A Comparative Analysis

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    Katz, Daniel

    2013-01-01

    Though there are at least 12.4 million community college students, accounting for 44% of all undergraduates within the United States (Cohen & Brawer, 2008), little academic research has explored the mental health needs of community college students as a distinct population ( Floyd, 2003; Townsend & LaPaglia, 2000; Townsend, Donaldson,…

  6. Employment Outcomes of Community College Equity Group Graduates

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    Goho, James; Blackman, Ashley

    2004-01-01

    The initial school to work transition is a critical time for individuals in achieving the economic benefits of post-secondary education. Community colleges perform a key role in this connection to the workplace for disadvantaged groups. This research examined the effectiveness of a large comprehensive community college in achieving successful…

  7. A Model for Community College/High School Articulation.

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    Wellsfry, Norval; Rosen, M. Frances

    By initiating formal structures for cooperation and coordination of programming between themselves and local high schools, community colleges can reduce the amount of unnecessary duplication of efforts and programs and can benefit many students who, without such a program of articulation, would be unprepared for community college course work.…

  8. Community College of Rhode Island.

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    Liston, Edward J.

    1999-01-01

    Describes the history, mission, financing, and enrollment of the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI). Presents CCRI's goals: (1) expand the use of technology; (2) be more responsive to the business community and assist in strengthening the economy of the state; (3) become more student-centered; and (4) become a first-stop option for high…

  9. An Assessment of Music Programs in the Alabama Community College System

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    Powe, Holly Vanessa

    2010-01-01

    The Alabama Community College System (ACCS) consists of 21 comprehensive community colleges, four technical colleges, and Athens State University, the state's only upper level, two- year college. The majority of those 21 colleges incorporate the five objectives of providing transfer, vocational/technical and remedial education, as well as…

  10. Financial Challenges in Higher Education: Community College Leadership Style and Ranking

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    Price, Phillip D.; Schneider, Douglas K.; Quick, Linda A.

    2016-01-01

    A large number of new community college presidents will be hired in the next 5 years due to vacancies. New leaders must be prepared to lead their institutions through the challenges facing community colleges. Forty-one community college presidents in North Carolina participated in our research (70.7% response rate). We found that community college…

  11. The Community College Accountability Network: Understanding Institutional Accountability at Aspen Grove Community College

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    Harbour, Clifford P.; Davies, Timothy Gray; Gonzales-Walker, Roxanne

    2010-01-01

    This article reports on a qualitative, interpretive case study examining how trustees, administrators, faculty members, and staff members at a rural community college understand their institution's accountability environment. Data analysis and interpretation established that participants conceptualized institutional accountability as dialogic,…

  12. Stress, Job Satisfaction and the Community College Faculty.

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    Happ, Albert C.; Yoder, Edgar P.

    In 1991, a study was undertaken to determine the relationship between stress and job satisfaction among community college faculty in Pennsylvania. All full-time faculty at the state's 14 two-year community colleges were surveyed using the Faculty Stress Index, the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire, and the Framingham Type A Scale. Selected…

  13. The Completion Agenda, Community Colleges, and Civic Capacity

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    Harbour, Clifford P.; Smith, Douglas A.

    2016-01-01

    In this article, we present a new critique of the Completion Agenda as inscribed in "Reclaiming the American dream," a policy document published in April 2012 by the American Association of Community Colleges. Our critique is grounded on the premise that community colleges should improve completion rates, but this should be motivated by…

  14. Current Issues and Problems in Texas Community Colleges.

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    Hastings, Chester R., Comp.

    In October 1992, doctoral students enrolled in a community college leadership program at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, were assigned six questions to be answered in collaboration with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), or the CEO's designate, at the 15 community colleges where the students were employed. The questions explored respondents'…

  15. Minors on Campus: Underage Students at Community Colleges

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    Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2006

    2006-01-01

    Fall 2005 enrollment data show approximately 73,000 students under the age of 18 enrolled in California community colleges. Given that students under the age of 18 are legally considered minors, community college faculty and staff are often uncertain about their roles and responsibilities for these students. Laws governing the opportunities for…

  16. Financial Reporting Practices in Illinois Public Community Colleges.

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    Skeadas, Gus J.

    A study was conducted to determine how well Illinois' 38 community college districts satisfied the needs of board members, creditors, investors, and tax payers for financial information. A list of 38 financial reporting requirements was developed from the requirements of the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) and guidelines from the Audits of…

  17. A Community College--University Transfer System for Arizona.

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    Puyear, Don

    The State Board of Directors for Community Colleges of Arizona is in the process of strengthening and formalizing its university transfer system. This document presents an outline of one possible community college-university transfer system based upon existing agreements and procedures in place. One of the key features of the system is an…

  18. Community College Study Abroad: Implications for Student Success

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    Raby, Rosalind Latiner; Rhodes, Gary M.; Biscarra, Albert

    2014-01-01

    The aim of this research is to explore whether participation in study abroad by community college students impacts levels of engagement and if there is a connection between studying abroad and academic achievement. While university-level studies have a history in exploring these questions, the same is not true for community colleges. The…

  19. Foreign Study and the Community College.

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    White, John Franklin

    In order to examine the status of foreign study in American junior and community colleges, a questionnaire was developed and distributed to 225 institutions in the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, eliciting an 80 percent level of response. Duplicate questionnaires were sent to Academic Affairs and Student Affairs…

  20. Career Capital and the Community College

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    D'Amico, Mark M.; Rios-Aguilar, Cecilia; Salas, Spencer; Gonzalez Canche, Manuel S.

    2012-01-01

    Wanting to elucidate the relationship between student success and employment outcomes, the authors of this study sought to devise a methodology to (a) measure the alignment between the educational/community college experience and potential careers and (b) explore factors that may inform the alignment between college and career. Data were collected…

  1. Recruitment Methods for a Community College.

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    Guillermo, Artemio; Murray, Steve

    1979-01-01

    Among the most effective tools of recruitment found in this survey were the college catalog, newspaper publicity, and brochures. "Word of mouth" from friends such as alumni, students, and the community, and publicity materials in newspapers, including advertising, were found to be the best sources of information about the college. (Author)

  2. Leadership Stress in California Community Colleges

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    Mattson, Carol

    2012-01-01

    Research indicates that stress is steadily increasing among college administrators. This has implications for the California Community College (CCC) system's ability to recruit and retain qualified leaders as the need to replace retiring baby boomers increases. For those working in leadership positions in CCCs, stress is compounded by the way that…

  3. KANSAS STATE PLAN FOR COMMUNITY JUNIOR COLLEGES.

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    Kansas State Dept. of Public Instruction, Topeka.

    LEGISLATION IN 1965 ESTABLISHED A STATE SYSTEM OF COMMUNITY JUNIOR COLLEGES AND STIPULATED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STATE MASTER PLAN BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THE PLAN PROVIDES FOR ESTABLISHING NOT MORE THAN 22 JUNIOR COLLEGE AREAS, WHICH SHOULD PUT A JUNIOR COLLEGE WITHIN REASONABLE COMMUTING DISTANCE OF EVERY POTENTIAL STUDENT IN THE…

  4. Re-Imagining Competencies in North Carolina Community Colleges: Integrating Certifications into Academic Programs at Two Community Colleges

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    Vester, Jonathan Steven

    2017-01-01

    Once a community college graduate completes an associate's degree, the institution is committing to the public that the graduate possesses a prescriptive set of knowledge, skills, and abilities either gained through, or enhanced by, their college attendance. At most institutions, these skill sets are assessed almost exclusively through internal…

  5. Accountability and Productivity in the Community College System, Fiscal Year 2002.

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    Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield.

    This report, conducted by the Illinois Community College Board, highlights and summarizes accountability activities and initiatives described by Illinois' 48 community colleges in their 2002 Accountability/Program Review Reports. The report provides evidence that Illinois' comprehensive community colleges play a vital role in the state's…

  6. Assessing the Need for Community College Baccalaureate Degree Programs in Mississippi

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    Williams, Johannah Bell

    2010-01-01

    This study involved assessing the professional and personal opinions of Mississippi community college students, faculty and administrators regarding the need for community college baccalaureate degree programs in Mississippi. The goal of this study was to determine if students, faculty and administrators at Mississippi community colleges believed…

  7. Community Colleges: Rethinking STD Prevention for the Nontraditional College Campus

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    Habel, Melissa A.; Becasen, Jeffrey S.; Kachur, Rachel; Eastman-Mueller, Heather; Dittus, Patricia J.

    2017-01-01

    As increased attention and proposed funding are being directed toward community colleges, it is important to consider the sexual and reproductive health care needs of this growing population. Existing data suggest there are significant sexual health needs among this population and often insufficient provision of services. Some community college…

  8. Latina Community College Leadership in California: Pathways to Executive Management

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    Delgadillo, Monica D.

    2017-01-01

    Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the learned experiences, challenges, and leadership pathways of Latinas currently in California community college management positions. Latinas have been underrepresented in community college leadership positions. Currently, women constitute a majority of those attending college, and…

  9. Examining the Impact of Redesigned Developmental Math Courses in Community Colleges

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    Okimoto, Hae; Heck, Ronald

    2015-01-01

    At community colleges, student preparedness for college-level work is a significant initial barrier. Over 70% of community college students are reported to be inadequately prepared for college mathematics. Because students need to pass college-level math in order to enroll in subsequent courses required for their majors or to complete general…

  10. Increasing College Completion for Latino/as in Community Colleges: Leadership and Strategy

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    González, Kenneth P.

    2015-01-01

    This chapter discusses college completion for Latino/as who attend community colleges and the role of leadership in promoting completion. The chapter also provides a number of lessons for success drawn from the national initiative, Achieving the Dream.

  11. Connecting College Students to Alternative Sources of Support: The Single Stop Community College Initiative and Postsecondary Outcomes. Research Report

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    Daugherty, Lindsay; Johnston, William R.; Tsai, Tiffany

    2016-01-01

    Single Stop U.S.A.'s Community College Initiative was designed to improve the well-being of low-income communities by connecting individuals to public benefits and other institutional and community resources to address nonacademic barriers to college completion. Through offices located on community college campuses, Single Stop provides students…

  12. Quick Facts about Financial Aid and Community Colleges, 2007-08

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    Institute for College Access & Success, 2009

    2009-01-01

    Community colleges are usually considered a low-cost college option, but the sticker price is only part of the real story--students often struggle to cover a range of related costs and living expenses. Financial aid can be a big help, but many community college students have a harder time paying for college than their peers at four-year schools.…

  13. Women in Community College Leadership Roles. ERIC Digest.

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    Getskow, Veronica

    At community colleges, women currently comprise approximately 20% of all chief executive officer (CEO) positions. The single most important source from which new community college CEO candidates are selected, however, is the pool of deans of instruction and since 21% of current deans are women, it is likely that these numbers will rise. Moreover,…

  14. Community College League of California Trustee Handbook 2009

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    Smith, Cindra J.

    2009-01-01

    This handbook contains eight sections and thirty-four short chapters on topics related to being a member of a California community college governing board. The eight sections are: (1) California Community Colleges; (2) The Governing Board; (3) Toward An Effective Board; (4) Policy, Planning and Monitoring; (5) The Board and the CEO; (6)…

  15. A Survey of Speech Programs in Community Colleges.

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    Meyer, Arthur C.

    The rapid growth of community colleges in the last decade resulted in large numbers of students enrolled in programs previously unavailable to them in a single comprehensive institution. The purpose of this study was to gather and analyze data to provide information about the speech programs that community colleges created or expanded as a result…

  16. A Case Study Framework for Community College Leaders

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    Nevarez, Carlos; Wood, J. Luke

    2012-01-01

    This article examines a case study framework designed to aid in the preparation of emerging community college leaders. The framework is multidimensional and fluid in nature, taking into account the multiplicity of factors affecting leadership in community colleges. The steps in the framework consist of (a) assuming the role of the leader; (b)…

  17. The Annual Condition of Iowa's Community Colleges, 2012

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    Bassis, Vladimir; Burroughs, Monte; Cooley, Tom; Farver, Kent; Vybiral, Amy

    2013-01-01

    Each fall, the Iowa Department of Education collects enrollment data from Iowa's community colleges on the tenth business day of the semester. The fall data pertain to the 2012-13 academic year (fiscal year 2013). This report is the only report on fiscal year 2013 until next year's "Annual Condition of Iowa's Community Colleges." Fall…

  18. The Community-Building College: Leading the Way to Community Revitalization.

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    Harlacher, Ervin L.; Gollattscheck, James F.

    Arguing that the nation's educational system must be renewed to empower citizens and communities, this two-part monograph describes the importance of building learning communities and offers a blueprint to guide community colleges in this undertaking. The first part of the monograph provides three chapters focusing on creating a vision for the…

  19. Comparisons between the State Share of Community College Operating Budgets and State Centralization of Control in Eleven State Community College Systems.

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    Tollefson, Terrence A.

    This paper describes studies by Fonte (1993), Garrett (1992-93), and Ingram and Tollefson (1996) regarding state funding and control of community colleges. This article compares each of the three studies and contrasts the results. All research was based on questionnaires returned by 44 state directors of community colleges. Garrett concluded that…

  20. Faculty Internships in California Community Colleges.

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    Klein, Charlie; Peralez, Jose

    In response to a request from the Board of Governors, the California Community Colleges' Office of the Chancellor undertook a study to determine the extent and characteristics of faculty internship programs in system colleges. In April 1995, surveys were mailed to human resource directors and chief instructional officers at all 106 community…